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Bashin/Kankyuto : (Kikumon) Kaminari Yoke

2017/02/24

Bashin/Kankyuto :
Signature : (Kikumon) Kaminari Yoke

Maximum Length : 21.7 cm or 8.54 inches
Blade Length : 11.5cm or 4.52 inches
width of Hamachi : 1.16 cm or 0.45 inches
Jidai(era) : Edo period.

Special feature : From ancient time, Japanese people hate earthquake, Kaminari (Thunder lightning、thunderbolt)fire and elderly men. Traveling person worry about the thunderbolt.
So they were bringing a lucky charm not hit from the thunderbolt.
This Bashin is typical fortune tag.
Bashin means It is told with a needle to do the blood omission of a part congested in the situation
that a horse is tired of walking with the horse needle, and cannot walk more than this.

AOI estimation paper
In Kiri box.
Price : JPY 35,000-

-Kogatana, 未分類