#4162 JP SAMURAI SWORD PARTS -Eboshi & Yumiya- MENUKI

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#4162 JP SAMURAI SWORD PARTS -Eboshi & Yumiya- MENUKI Item: a pair of Menuki The Shakudo Menukis are carved in elaborate Katabori with gold-silver inlay, formed as Yumiya (bow & arrow) and Eboshi (a type of headgear worn by court nobles and Samurai lords). Attachment: a wooden box Condition : very good Damage : no major damage Please check up on the following pictures to confirm the item. Basic Terms of Japanese Antique Koshirae (ornaments for sword), Daito (long sword), Wakizashi (middle length sword), Tanto (short sword), Mimi (rim), Fukurin (rim cover) PARTS : Tsuka (hilt), Tsuba (handguard), Saya (scabbard), Fuchi & kashira & Menuki (ornamental metal fittings of a hilt), Tsunagi (wooden blade to display fittings), Kozuka (sword's attachment: a handy knife), Kogai (sword's attachment: portable comb) Shape (-gata): Mokkogata (four lobed shape), Kakugata (square shape), Kikugata (chrysanthemum shape) MATERIAL : Shakudo (copper-gold alloy), Suaka (pure copper), Shibuichi (copper-silver(quarter or more) alloy) SURFACE (-ji): Migakiji (smooth surface), Mokumeji (surface like the grain of wood), Ishimeji (surface like the grain of stone), Tsuchimeji (hammer marks surface), Nanakoji (raised dimpling surface like fish roe) CARVING (-bori): Takabori (high relief carving), Kebori (fine line carving), Katakiribori (carving with read more