Ceremonial Arrowhead (Yanone)

Steel-chiseler Umetada Yoshinobu Japanese

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Large arrowheads, pierced and elaborately chiseled with landscapes, birds, flowers, dragons, and Buddhist divinities, were created to be admired for the beauty of their metalwork and design rather than for use in archery. The Metropolitan Museum's collection includes a group of more than thirty similarly signed and dated pieces (including acc. nos. 32.75.321, .327, .330, .334, .337, .339–.340, .398–.399, .403, .406, .409) that may have been made for presentation or as a votive offering to a shrine. This arrowhead, depicting the Buddhist deity Fudō Myō-ō, is by Umetada Yoshinobu, a member of the Umetada school of swordsmiths, tsuba makers, and iron chiselers.

Ceremonial Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>), Umetada Yoshinobu (Japanese, Edo period, 17th century), Steel, Japanese

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Ceremonial Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>), Umetada Yoshinobu (Japanese, Edo period, 17th century), Steel, Japanese
Ceremonial Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>), Umetada Yoshinobu (Japanese, Edo period, 17th century), Steel, Japanese

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