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Kusari Gama: Mumei

2017/01/17

Kusari Gama : Ninja goods.
Mei : Mumei (unsigned)

Chain Length : about 220 cm or 86.6 inches
Sicle Length : about 12.8 cm or 5.0 inches
Tsuka Length : about 32.5 cm or 12.8 inches
Era : Edo period.

Special feature: The iron chain and sickle with handle.
Kusari-gama (chained-sickle) is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle) on a metal chain (Kusari) with a heavy iron weight (Bundo) at the end. Kusarigama is said to have developed during the Muromachi period and used as hidden weapon or for self defence.

AOI art estimation paper

price : JPY 45,000-.

-Tsuka/Others