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A tanzutsu teppo [short-barrelled matchlock pistol] | Edo period, 19th century

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March 25, 04:03 PM GMT

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A tanzutsu teppo [short-barrelled matchlock pistol]

Edo period, 19th century

 

the red lacquered stock decorated in gold hiramaki-e with aoi mon [leaves of wild ginger crests], the barrel inlaid in silver with a carp ascending a waterfall 


48 cm., 19 in. long

Art of the Samurai: The Paul L. Davidson Collection (New York, 2023), p. 107.