A Shakudo Mokkogata Tsuba

SIGNED MINETAKA AND KAO, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Details

A Shakudo Mokkogata Tsuba
Signed Minetaka and kao, late Edo period (19th century)
Decorated in takabori and gold zogan with scattered maple leaves, kiri and a kammuri [court cap], shakudo fukurin mimi
2 13/16in. (7.2cm.), thickness 3.5mm., mimi 4mm.

Literature

Lundgren Collection, no. 51

Lot Essay

Kanmuri is the headdress used for official affairs of Court. Many complicated rules were made when the Emperor Suiko (592-628) decreed 12 court ranks, each with a different cap [junikai] (daitoku, shotoku, dainin, shomin, dairei, shorei, daishin shoshin, daigi, shogi, daichi and shochi). This court cap is a modification which established the norm.

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