Jingasa
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Leather
Measurements
75 mm (Depth); 460 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328790
Summary
Shield; Jingasa; circular wooden shield rising to central boss. Black lacquer with a gold lacquer dragon over the sea and a family crest of three leaves in red lacquer. Interior of black lacquer with gold lacquer centre; three groups of leaves in gold lacquer; Japenese characters in red lacquer; four leather fastening to take ties
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.