Jingasa
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Leather
Measurements
70 mm (Depth); 450 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328792
Summary
Shield; Jingasa (Japanese shield). Circular, wooden with conical raised middle. Black lacquered and painted with two gold bands and three gold Arima family crests. Interior of red lacquer with four small leather loops; centre of stiffenend material. Small hole to side.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.