DATEMomoyama period (1575 - 1615), late 16th centuryMEDIUMGilded iron A gold lacquer helmet of momonari shape. The single-plate shikoro is black lacquered and the original maedate is gilt. The momonari shape (peach-shaped) is inspired by European helmets, specifically designed to deflect the firearms’ bullets.This kind of helmet is well known: they had been made for the campaign of Korea (1592-98) in Kyushu island. The peculiarities of these helmets were that they did not belong to a single soldier but they were...
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Otagaki Rengetsu(1791-1875)Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) Maple tree leavesHanging scroll, ink on paper80 by 22.5 cm (mount 165 x 30) The painting, by Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) signed and sealed, represents two maple tree leaves accompanied by a poem about the read leaves themselves. The calligraphy is flowing elegant and refined, windingly written, as typical of Rengetsu’s style. The poem reads:The bloodfrom swords that battledseen in the red leavesof deep autumnhere in the Miyoshino mountains.Poet, calligrapher, painter and potter, Otagaki Rengetsu was a Japanese...
Early Edo period (1615-1867), 17th centuryNBTHK hozon Tōken to Ise Daijō Yoshihiro MeasuresNagasa [length]: 71.2 cmSori [curvature]: 1.8 cmMotohaba [width at bottom]: 3.15 cmSakihaba [width at top]: 2.3 cmKasane [thickness]: 8 mm Sugata [configuration]Shinogi-zukuri with deep sori and elongated chu-kissaki Kitae [forging pattern]Ko-itame hada with jinie Hamon [tempering pattern]Suguha in nie-deki Bōshi [point]ko-maru with long kaeri Nakago [tang]Ubu, two mekugi-ana, kiri-yasurime, kengyo-jiri Origami [paper]The blade comes with a Hozon Tōken (...
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