Edo period,
25.08 cm (9 7/8 in.)
Brown-surfaced iron or steel with applique gold eyes and tongue; with incised inscription beneath the snake's jaw
19th-20th centuryJapaneseWood, multiple-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy
13th-14th centuryJapaneseLacquer and gold on wood
17th centuryJapaneseWood; cinnabar-red pigment applied to the background; bow-and-arrow of thin metal wire
13th centuryJapaneseCypress wood with lacquer and traces of cut gold-leaf
14th centuryJapaneseWood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychrome and lacquer-applied gold leaf
20th centuryJapaneseIron
JapaneseKaya (Japanese nutmeg) wood with traces of green/blue pigment over white gesso
14th-15th centuryJapaneseDry lacquer
9th-10th centuryJapaneseCypress wood with traces of pigment: single-block construction
18th centuryJapaneseCypress wood with pigment: single-block construction
18th-19th centuryJapaneseKaya (Japanese nutmeg) wood with traces of red pigment: single-block construction
14th-15th centuryJapanese