Stirrup
Uji-Iye
Category
Metalwork
Date
1700 - 1800
Materials
Iron, Silver
Measurements
265 mm (H)270 mm (Length)130 mm (W)
Place of origin
Kaga
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338899
Summary
Pair of iron stirrups, inlaid in silver with a design of triple tomoye badges and signed Kashu Komatau No Ju Uji-Iye-Saku made by Uji-Iye of Komatsu in Kaga Province. A grid of six pierced squares below buckle. Eighteenth century. 'In a Higgler's shack near Scole Norfolk midst piles of old flat irons and rubbish of all sorts was found the pair of Japanese stirrups of iron inlaid with silver crests of Prince Arima. With these was a saddle of powdered gold lacquer with carved dragon saddle bows' (M. Jessup).
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Kashu Komatau No Ju Uji-Iye-Saku
Makers and roles
Uji-Iye