Ni-mai do tosei gusokuSecond half of Edo Period (1615-1867)19th CenturyHeight: 86 cmDuring the 17th Century samurai families used to display a set of helmet and armor, weapons and banners outdoors on the Tango-no-Sekku Festival (The Boy’s Festival), held on the fifth day of the fifth month, designated as an important ceremonial day by the Edo Shogunate Government. Later in the Edo period these items, except for the banners, were moved indoor, on rooms facing the street. The style of displaying varied in accordance and the armors gradually became miniaturized, thus keeping splendid...
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Nanten staff, dated 1912Hanging scrollInk on paper, 1924 Painting: 143 x 50.5 cmMounts: cm 212 x 73.5 Signed: Hachijugo-o Nantenbo [Nantenbo, aged eighty-five] and with two seals.The poem reads: If you answer, Nanten's staff if you do not answer Nanten' staff The artist monk Nantenbo was a Japanese Zen master. His artist’s name Nantenbo is a combination of the name of the shrub and the word for staff :Nantenbo made himself a staff from a branch of nandina and used it to prod his students toward making progress. His nickname thus embodied his...
Fuchi-kashiraSano Masayoshi (1825 - 1850)Shakudo nanakoSigned: Sano Masayoshi with kaoSano Masayoshi was nephew and pupil of Sano Michiyoshi and Sano Noyoshi. He was specialized in sakudo nanako works in which he used to include a mon. This fuchi-kashira is decorated with an hanabashi mon typical of the Yanagisawa clan which probably belongs.Tsuba for sale. Price on application. Please include item stock number: 1-ce
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