Edo Period Menuki Pair: Naginata with Sode Armor & Fan Sheathed Sword Shakudō Gold Details LS104 Nesting Bowls Please view the close-up pictures

Please view the close-up pictures to admire the fine details and workmanship of this beautiful Imari plate

it has a warm patina and is in fine condition

gilt detailing

and contemplative breathwork

combining a sugi cedar case and interiors with richly grained keyaki (zelkova) drawer faces throughout

Edo Period Menuki Pair: Naginata with Sode Armor & Fan Sheathed Sword Shakudō Gold Details LS104 Nesting Bowls Please view the close-up picturesAntique Japanese Menuki Pair Naginata with Sode Armor and Fan over SwordJapan, Edo period (18th19th century) This evocative pair of Edo period menuki presents a deeply symbolic dialogue between masculine and feminine emblems. On one side, a naginata rests beneath a sode shoulder guard. The naginata, though fully martial, is culturally remembered as the favored weapon of samurai women, embodying grace combined with ferocity. The sode armor plate above