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Menuki : Mumei(Waki-Goto)Minogame Design

2017/01/24

Menuki : (NBTHK Tokubetsu Paper)
Mei (signature) : mumei(Waki-Goto) NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper

Length 1 : 3.85cm x 1.46cm ( 1.52inches x 0.57inches)
Length 2 : 3.83cm x 1.41cm ( 151inches x 0.56inches)
Jidai(era) :Edo Period
Special feature:On shakudo plate, Minogame(turtle with seaweed growing on its back ) is engraved in Katabori style.
Such Minogame with long tail like seaweed is quite rare thus it is said to be a symbol of longevity.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper
AOI estimation paper
In Kiri box.

Price : 45,000 JPY-

-Menuki