Bamboo Butterfly Yanone, Japanese Arrowhead
- 70.00€
Bamboo Butterfly Yanone, Japanese Arrowhead
This Japanese arrowhead (Yanone) is faithfully reproduced from an original museum piece.
The Japanese arrowheads called Yajiri or Yanone had many uses and shapes.Some were strictly utilitarian while others were beautifully pierced and decorated and used primarilyfor presentations and temple offerings.
It is said that a samurai had a quiver of 26 arrows (Ya) and one of them, called the Kabura-Ya or Whistling Arrow,was only used if the battle was lost.
Most pieces fall into one of several broad groupings. The Bamboo Butterfly offered here falls into thewillow leaf pattern, in which the intricate saw cut patterns feature Mons (family crests), Sakura (cherry blossoms),dragons and other geometrical patterns.
This type of arrowhead appeared during the Momoyama period (1573-1603) and continued to see service through the relativelypeaceful Edo Period (1603-1868).
These arrowheads, either singly or in groups, are outstanding collectibles and are sure to be much talked about items in your collection.
Made by Hanwei.
Details:
-Overall length: approx. 24.1 cm
-Weight: approx. 20 g
