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Bashin/Kankyuto : (Kikumon) Kaminari Yoke...Fujihara Kinmichi...

2017/01/04

Ordering number : F14627

Bashin/Kankyuto :
Signature : (Kikumon) Kaminari Yoke...Fujihara Kinmichi...

Maximum Length : 22.34 cm or 8.79 inches
Blade Length : 12.59 cm or 4.95 inches
width of Hamachi : 1.20 cm or 0.47 inches
Jidai(era) : Edo period.

Special feature : From ancient time, Japanese people hate earthquake, Kaminari (Thunder lightning、thunderbolt)fire and elderly men. Traveling person worry about the thunderbolt.
So they were bringing a lucky charm not hit from the thunderbolt.
This Bashin is typical fortune tag.
Bashin means It is told with a needle to do the blood omission of a part congested in the situation
that a horse is tired of walking with the horse needle, and cannot walk more than this.

AOI estimation paper
In Kiri box.

Price : 45,000 JPY-

-Kogatana