Kasa Menuki - M006

This made in Japan Menuki features umbrellas. The Japanese have been using umbrellas for over a millenium. At first umbrellas were such a luxury item that they also had spiritual significance, and later on, they became a common feature of visual and performing arts, which makes it a perfect topic for the sword related artisanery, especially during the Edo period.

• Material: Blackened copper plated alloy with gold gilding
• Dimensions:
  Omote: 12 mm x 39 mm x 4 mm
  Ura: 12 mm x 39 mm x 4 mm