Cast-Iron Paperweight – set of 3 samurai helmets tondo decorated with simplified white flowers

decorated with simplified white flowers

but some minor imperfections

originally fired near the Kiyomizu temple

and decorated with simplified images of bamboo stalks

Cast-Iron Paperweight – set of 3 samurai helmets tondo decorated with simplified white flowersA miniature piece of Japanese tradition cast iron paperweight in the shape of a kabuto (an intricate helmet worn by warriors in feudal Japan). It can be displayed also as an original decoration in your home or office. It is a nanbu ironware, traditional cast iron item from Iwate prefecture. Set of 3: kabuto of Tokugawa Ieyasu, has a crescent shaped decoration, and has patina in a copper shade; kabuto of Kusunoki Masahige is decorated with distinctive