A russet iron samurai helmet with small standing rivetsEdo period, 17th-18th centurySigned: Saotome Iechika A russet iron (tetsu sabiji) sixty-two plate kabuto, each mounted with twenty-five small tapered standing rivets (ko-boshi) of decreasing size; the front plate, larger than the others, is fitted with two lines of rivets, while the rear one is left empty, for a total of 1.550 rivets.The typical "Saotome-byo" is visible under this lining, an extra rivet which is almost an additional signature of the Saotome armorers.The five-stage shikoro (neck protection) is in blue-laced...
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Shinshinto Toshimitsu KatanaKanesaki Tenryushi Minamoto ToshimitsuSignature: 金崎天龍子源寿光Late Edo periodNBTHK Hozon Tōken as “Bizen, late Edo Period” (備前時代江戸後期) Nagasa [lenght]: 62.6 cmMotohaba: 3.2 cm, sakihaba: 2.2 cmSori: 1 cmSugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, shallow tori-zori, iori-mune, chu-kissaki (3 cm)Kitae [forging pattern]: tight itame hada toward nashiji hadaHamon [tempering pattern]: choji midare; ashiBōshi [point]: ko-maruNakago [tang]: ubu, kurijiri, ō-sujikai yasurime; one mekugi-ana; mei: “Kanesaki Tenryushi Minamoto Toshimitsu”Koshirae: The...
Katchushi tsuba with snowflakesEdo period (1615 - 1867)Maru-gata: 8,3 x 8 cmThickness: 5 mm Early representations of snowflakes such as snow circle, were rather fanciful, as in this case, since their true structure could not be seen. When the Edo period feudal lord Doi Toshikatsu published drawings of snowflakes he had observed under a microscope, he caused quite a stir among the artists of his days who fought to see the pictures.The katchushi tsuba are typical of Muromachi period (1392-1568). This one, a late exemplar, is inspired by the earlier ones...
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