Commander batonMid Edo Period (1615-1867)Wood with golden-copper mounts and paperLenght: 36.5 cm Born as a tool to control the troops, the saihai changed his function during the Edo period and became an accessory to wear with the armor as a symbol of power.The saihai ‘s final can be in different materials; sometimes is applied directly to the stick, some others hung with a small rope. In this case it is decorated with paper, hung with a rope to the stick on which there is a kirimon.Saihai for sale
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Style of Yoshimura Shuzan, 18th centurySigned: ShuzanHeight: 9,8 cmProvenance:W. L. Behrens collection, no. 311Literature:H. L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection. Part I Netsuke and Japanese Carvings, London: Glendening, 1912, plate XLIIG. Lazarnick, The Meinertzhagen Card Index, New York: Alan R. Liss Inc., 1986, p.802The Dragon King, or one of his emissaries, is shown with a fierce expression, holding a dragon in his right hand and a Tama, the sacred tide jewel, in his left. This example is in the style of Yoshimura Shūzan of Osaka, a Kanō school painter of the mid-eighteenth century, who...
Wood netsuke of a recumbent horseEarly 19th CenturyWood netsukeLength: 4.4 cm This rare study of a young horse is representing the animal while it is resting: recumbent, with the front legs folded and the lowered head. Netsuke for sale. Price on application. Please include item stock number: net-1372
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