Lot Essay
Enami Yakubei Naomitsu was a member of the large Enami group of gunsmiths working in Setsu province.
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SIGNED ENAMI YAKUBEI NAOMITSU SAKU, 19TH CENTURY
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A JAPANESE 28-BORE SNAP-MATCHLOCK GUN
SIGNED ENAMI YAKUBEI NAOMITSU SAKU, 19TH CENTURY
With tapering octagonal sighted barrel signed 'ENAMI YAKUBEI NAOMITSU SAKU' and marked 'NANBAN KANE' (Foreign Iron) on the underside, brass back-action lock, traditional three-quarter stock inlaid with brass panels, mostly engraved with flower-heads including one beneath the lock with a silver border, a brass disc on the underside of the butt engraved with two Japanese characters, and brass breech-band and barrel-band
43in. (109.2cm.) barrel
SIGNED ENAMI YAKUBEI NAOMITSU SAKU, 19TH CENTURY
With tapering octagonal sighted barrel signed 'ENAMI YAKUBEI NAOMITSU SAKU' and marked 'NANBAN KANE' (Foreign Iron) on the underside, brass back-action lock, traditional three-quarter stock inlaid with brass panels, mostly engraved with flower-heads including one beneath the lock with a silver border, a brass disc on the underside of the butt engraved with two Japanese characters, and brass breech-band and barrel-band
43in. (109.2cm.) barrel