A Fine Long Spear ‘Sankaku Yari’
A Fine Long Spear ‘Sankaku Yari’
Excellent overall condition
Wood, steel, lacquer, skin, copper, fur
Edo period / 17th Century / (Enpo Era) 1673 - 1681
‘Tsuka’ (wooden shaft) surmounted by a fur ‘Saya’ (probably 19th Century)
Japan
SIZE: 246.5cm long - 97 ins long / 2.46 metres long / 263cm long - 103½ ins long (with fur covered spear cover)
Excellent overall condition
Wood, steel, lacquer, skin, copper, fur
Edo period / 17th Century / (Enpo Era) 1673 - 1681
‘Tsuka’ (wooden shaft) surmounted by a fur ‘Saya’ (probably 19th Century)
Japan
SIZE: 246.5cm long - 97 ins long / 2.46 metres long / 263cm long - 103½ ins long (with fur covered spear cover)
A Fine Long Spear ‘Sankaku Yari’
Excellent overall condition
Wood, steel, lacquer, skin, copper, fur
Edo period / 17th Century / (Enpo Era) 1673 - 1681
‘Tsuka’ (wooden shaft) surmounted by a fur ‘Saya’ (probably 19th Century)
Japan
SIZE: 246.5cm long - 97 ins long / 2.46 metres long / 263cm long - 103½ ins long (with fur covered spear cover)
Excellent overall condition
Wood, steel, lacquer, skin, copper, fur
Edo period / 17th Century / (Enpo Era) 1673 - 1681
‘Tsuka’ (wooden shaft) surmounted by a fur ‘Saya’ (probably 19th Century)
Japan
SIZE: 246.5cm long - 97 ins long / 2.46 metres long / 263cm long - 103½ ins long (with fur covered spear cover)
‘Yari’ is a term for a long spear with a traditionally made steel blade. The ‘martial art’ of handling and wielding a “yari’ is referred to as ‘Sōjutsu’. The triangular spear head ‘Sankaku Yari’ has a point terminating from a triangular cross-section. Used to penetrate metal armour, its effectiveness was without doubt.
Other examples in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and the Nagashino Museum, Japan.
Other examples in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and the Nagashino Museum, Japan.
A Fine Long Spear ‘Sankaku Yari’
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