EditorialHand guard, Mokko-shaped tsuba with slightly swung sides and raised edge, in a negative silhouette a Chinese fan, on one side also a fan in relief, signed 'myochin munehide'., Myochin Munehide, Japan, 1600 - 1699, Momoyama-period (1573-1615) / Edo-peri...
EditorialThe nun cat (Ama Myochin) (the actor Segawa Kikunojo V), XII/1852 from the series 'From the dog storybook, the tale of the eight dog heroes(Hakkenden inu no soshi no uchi)'. Date/Period: 1852. Print. Nishiki-e, oban, colour woodblock print. Height: ...
EditorialOkimono in the Form of a Raven, early 18th century, Japanese, Steel, L. 18 in. (45.7 cm), Miscellaneous, Myochin Munesuke (Japanese, Edo period, 1688?1735), This raven was fashioned by hammering and embossing steel??a most intractable medium??into a be...