Two ozutsu teppo [matchlock hand cannon] | The second signed Senshu Kishiwada Miki Kurasuke saku (made by Miki Kurasake from Kishiwada in Izume Province) | Edo period, 19th century

Two ozutsu teppo [matchlock hand cannon]

The second signed Senshu Kishiwada Miki Kurasuke saku (made by Miki Kurasake from Kishiwada in Izume Province)

Edo period, 19^th century

the first with iron barrel inlaid in silver with a ho-o bird above paulownia; the second with barrel inlaid in silver with tachibana mon [mandarin flower crest] and various insects in flight, including dragonflies, butterflies and wasps, the hammer with droplets of snow, stamped number 1548

109 cm., 42⅞ in. long (the first)

105 cm., 41⅜ in. long (the second)