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Bogen/Yumi, Japan

Japanese longbow with a bend specialised for kneeling shooting: The upper limb is longer than the lower one. The black polished wooden bow contains articulated wrappings of thin leather straps along its entire length. The grip is wrapped with a wide leather strap. The ends of the bow each have a sinew notch. Provenance: Japan. The object belongs to the estate of the senior general practitioner Georg Wilke (*1859 Dresden +1938 Rochlitz), which initially went to the teaching collection of the Rochlitz secondary school after his death and was transferred to the collection of Rochlitz Castle in the 1960s.

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Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen. Schloss Rochlitz
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Object type
weapons
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3 cm x 209.5 cm x 19 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, leather; bent, wrapped
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000132

Provenance and sources

when
1875-1900
where
Japan

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