JAPON ÉPOQUE EDO (1603 - 1868)

JAPON ÉPOQUE EDO (1603 - 1868)
Pair of yari ceremonial spears and their scabbards. The upper part of the shafts decorated with raden inlays, metal fittings and brass bracelets, the lower part ringed with dark brown lacquer in imitation of rope. The blades are three-sided, one of the silks bearing a signature "Shitahara Ju [...]shige saku". The yari-saya of conical shape made of animal hair.
H. tot. 235 cm
Length of the blade : 35,5 cm

NOTE
Since the Sengoku period, yari lances, inexpensive and formidable for keeping cavalry at bay, have been the main weapon of Japanese infantrymen.
From the Edo period onwards, yari became standard bearers and ceremonial weapons carried by the low class samurai during the daymio processions to the capital.

CONDITION REPORT
Wear to the fittings, wear, small lacks to the inlays and to the lacquer parts
Scabbards : Slits, small lacks of lacquer, small lacks of hairs
Blades : Scratches, traces of oxidations