Ceremonial Arrowhead (Yanone) 17th century Umetada Yoshinobu Japanese Large arrowheads, pierced and elaborately chiseled with landscapes, birds, flowers, dragons, and Buddhist divinities, were created to be admired for the beauty of their metalwork and design rather than for use in archery. The Metropolitan Museum's collection includes a group of more than thirty similarly signed and dated pieces (including acc. nos. , .327, .330, .334, .337, .339–.340, .398–.399, .403, .406, .409) that may have been made for presentation or as a votive offering to a shrine. This arrowhead, depicting
Ceremonial Arrowhead (Yanone) 17th century Umetada Yoshinobu Japanese Large arrowheads, pierced and elaborately chiseled with landscapes, birds, flowers, dragons, and Buddhist divinities, were created to be admired for the beauty of their metalwork and design rather than for use in archery. The Metropolitan Museum's collection includes a group of more than thirty similarly signed and dated pieces (including acc. nos. , .327, .330, .334, .337, .339–.340, .398–.399, .403, .406, .409) that may have been made for presentation or as a votive offering to a shrine. This arrowhead, depicting the Buddhist deity Fud? My?-?, is by Umetada Yoshinobu, a member of the Umetada school of swordsmiths, tsuba makers, and iron Ceremonial Arrowhead (Yanone). Japanese. 17th century. Steel. Archery Equipment-Arrowheads
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