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EXAMINATION OF THE CALLIGRAPHY OF THE SIGNATURE WITH THAT OF MIOCHIN NOBUIYE, WHO WAS WORKING IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY, SHOWS A STYLISTIC SIMILARITY.
![AN AKODA NARI KABUTO [HELMET]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2004/CKS/2004_CKS_07116_0060_000(085020).jpg?w=1)
SIGNED MIOCHIN SAKU, MUROMACHI PERIOD (EARLY 16TH CENTURY)
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AN AKODA NARI KABUTO [HELMET]
SIGNED MIOCHIN SAKU, MUROMACHI PERIOD (EARLY 16TH CENTURY)
THE THIRTY-EIGHT-PLATE BLACK LACQUERED BOWL OF TYPICAL AKODA FORM SIGNED MIOCHIN SAKU AND INSCRIBED HACHIMAN DAI BOSATSU [INVOCATION TO THE WAR GOD], THE RAISED SUJI [FLANGES] COVERED WITH GILDED COPPER FUKURIN [HALF ROUND EDGING] AT THE BASE OF EACH IS A DECORATIVE PLATE [IGAKI], AT THE TOP A FIVE STAGE TEHEN KANAMONO, A LEATHER COVERED PEAK RIVETED ON LATER AND THE KO MANJU JIKORO [SMALL ROUNDED NECK GUARD] LACED WITH DARK BLUE KEBIKI ODOSHI [CLOSE LACING]
SIGNED MIOCHIN SAKU, MUROMACHI PERIOD (EARLY 16TH CENTURY)
THE THIRTY-EIGHT-PLATE BLACK LACQUERED BOWL OF TYPICAL AKODA FORM SIGNED MIOCHIN SAKU AND INSCRIBED HACHIMAN DAI BOSATSU [INVOCATION TO THE WAR GOD], THE RAISED SUJI [FLANGES] COVERED WITH GILDED COPPER FUKURIN [HALF ROUND EDGING] AT THE BASE OF EACH IS A DECORATIVE PLATE [IGAKI], AT THE TOP A FIVE STAGE TEHEN KANAMONO, A LEATHER COVERED PEAK RIVETED ON LATER AND THE KO MANJU JIKORO [SMALL ROUNDED NECK GUARD] LACED WITH DARK BLUE KEBIKI ODOSHI [CLOSE LACING]
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