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A GROUP OF NINE YARI-ZAYA
Lot 152 ANOTHER PROPERTY

A GROUP OF NINE YARI-ZAYA

EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)

Closed16 May 2012

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A GROUP OF NINE YARI-ZAYA
EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
Comprising three black lacquered saya [scabbards] for yari [thrusting spears] of the jumonji [figure 'ten'] type for yari with two transverse blades in addition to the central blade, and five bearskin-clad saya for single-bladed yari
From 21cm. to 46cm. high (9)

Specialist note

Such decorative saya were made to give an impressive effect when carried by a number of men marching in daimyo processions to and from the capital Edo. They are all mounted on preservation stands.