Samurai armor signed Myochin MuneakiOkegawa-do tosei gusokuLate Edo period (1615-1867), 19th centuryThis Japanese armor features a good heavy sujibachi-kabuto made our of 24 riveted plates, adorned with an excellent gilt-wood dragon maedate and fitted with a hon-kozane shikoro (neck protection). The signature inside the helmet reads “Myochin ki Muneaki” and belongs to an armorer from the Myochin school who worked in Himeji (Harima) during the latter part of the Edo period. The kamon (family crest) of the Sakai family, for whose he worked, is printed on the two leather covers of...
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Lacquered woodHeight: 73.5 cmThe various implements used by samurai commanders to direct troops on the batterfield were referred to as jineigu. Among them, the gunbai uchiwa, a solid, not folding fan, was the equipment that generals used to communicate commands to their lieutenants. Originally used to ward off heat, the primary function of this fan was then to lend form and dignity to the gestures of the commander.This rare war fan, particulary long, is finished in nashiji lacquer and decorated with a moon on one side and a kirimon on the other. The flat part is decorated with fundame lacquer...
Otagaki Rengestu and Wada GozanMan with maple tree branchTanzaku, Ink on paperPoem by Otagaki Rengestu (1791-1875)Picture:Wada Gesshin (1800-1870)Signed: Rengestu 77 years oldPainting: 35.3 x 6.2 cmMounts: 155 x 30.6 cm The poem says:This branchI snapped and broughtfrom the valley Below Mount Takaoa swatch of brocadeThe painting represents a man in a typical hat who is bringing a branch of a red maple tree with a child on his back. Takaoyama is a place in Kyoto famous for colored leaves. In this poem Rengetsu is comparing the beauty of the scenery of autumn-...
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