Need any information you can give!

[shakudo]

 

Have found this and am interested if there are any on this board that can tell more about it- told late Edo?

Regards Mike

[Shogun8]

Kaga, late Edo. Is the dou tetsu or nerigawa?

[shakudo]

Has just arrived in country- will inspect in a couple of days hopefilly.

Many thanks

[uwe]

Agreed with John!

Nimai -dō, leather or leather covered. Flashy, but with some damages…one, unfortunately, not so nice. Let’s see when it has arrived…

[shakudo]

Hi John,

Dou is metal covered with either leather or laquer or both.

Uwe, can you elaborate on the unfortunate feature? Damage or a repair?

Also roughly early 1800's?

Are there any areas or sections I can photograph that would help?

Many thanks for taking the time to enlighten me, much appreciated.

Regards

Mike.

[uwe]

Mike,

the dō is made quite elaborately and bears nice features, like the mentioned leather cover (kawa-tsutsumi) or the (bear) fur trimming on the pendant sections of the hip protector (gessan), called ue-kuma-ge, besides others….

However, the minor damages of the lacing, cords and toggles aside, my main concern is the obviously broken upper back plate (oshitsuke no ita). 
The pictures are small and blurry, so let’s wait for better shots (front, sides, back, top, bottom and a view inside). Later some close ups of certain areas…

[Bugyotsuji]

Agreed, but why do dealers use such fuzzy photos?