Kanamono in the form of four ijin carrying a variety of musical instruments, bows, arrows and a branch of peach, with backplate engraved with a Chinese or Mongol figure holding a military banner
late 18th to mid-19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: shibuichi; other metals: gold, shakudo and copper; shibuichi backplate; decorative technique: uchidashi, takabori, iroe takazogan, katakiri-bori
DimensionsOverall: 5 x 0.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5641
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
mid to late 19th century (before 1890)
early to mid-19th century
Ichinomiya Tsunenao
Late 18th century
