An Umetada yari [spear] | Edo period, 19th century

Property from a Private Collector in Los Angeles

An Umetada yari [spear]

Signed Umetada Myoju horimono dosaku (The

Edo period, 17^th century 

the jujimonji-zukuri [figure-ten] shaped yari, carved with

tama oi ryu [dragon and flaming sacred pearl] and tsume ni gomabashi, the ubu tang with two mekugi-ana, signed Umetada Myoju horimono dosaku; with later red lacquer pole and black lacquer saya, 112 cm., 44⅛ in. long

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 25.2cm., 10 in.