Jingasa
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Leather
Measurements
65 mm (Depth); 430 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328791
Summary
Shield; Jingasa (Japanese shield). Circular, wooden with conical raised middle. Black lacquered with gold painted decoration of leaves around edge and floral motif at base.. Interior of red lacquer with gold flakes and four leather fastenings for ties
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.