Maker: Unknown
Sixteen plate skull of russet iron with small rivets with chrysanthemum washers (zaboshi) and roped flanges to the plates. The front, side and rear plates are broad, and have applied sword blades three at the front, one at the rear and sides, in copper alloy. At the front is a peak covered in stencilled leather bordered with a gilt copper fukurin. There is a chiselled brass holder for a maedate and kuwagata, with horns of gilt iron. At the sides are sprung lugs for further crest fittings. There is a shikoro of four plates, the top one of iron, the lower three of leather, lacquered black, kebiki laced with blue silk. At the front at either side the upper plate of the shikoro widens into a fukigayeshi, covered in stencilled leather, with a hishi mon of three diamons in blackened silver.
Depth: 340 mm
Height: 345 mm
Weight: 2640 g
Width: 370 mm
(1933) by Henderson, James Stewart
19th Century
Edo period (1615-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912)
Circa
1800
-
1899
The mon was used by several families including the Ogawa and Ogasawara (Hawley and Chappelear 1976: 80).
Accession number: HEN.M.468.1933
Primary reference Number: 162524
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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