A YAMASHIRO STYLE PRESENTATION ARROWHEAD (YA NO NE)

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A YAMASHIRO STYLE PRESENTATION ARROWHEAD (YA NO NE)
EDO PERIOD, DATED SHOHO 4 (1647), INSCRIBED JOSHU (NO) JU NIN UMETADA MOTOSHIGE
Nagasa: 4 sun, 7 bu (14.3 cm); Horimono: dragon below a shining tama; Jihada: koitame; Hamon: chu-suguba in nioi and some ko-nie; Nakago: 38 cm.; Mei: (gimei), Joshu (no) ju nin Umetada Motoshige;, Jidai: Shoho 4, 10-gatsu (1647). Wood storage box.
Provenance
Masakata Katayama, New York
Dr. Walter A. Compton, Christie's, New York, Collection Part III,
17 December, 1992, lot 178