Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Craft)

Title:

Raden kura

Saddle With Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
螺鈿鞍

No. of features:

One saddle

Designated:

March 20, 1962

Location:

On loan to Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)
4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

The religious juridical person of  Hisaizu-jinja Shrine

Description:

This is an ornamental lacquerware saddle decorated with seashell patterns. The sides of the pommel and the cantle are inlaid with creeping woodsorrel crests (maru ni katabami), while the center of the pommel is emblazoned with a single crane crest (maru ni tsuru). Both the cantle and pommel are scattered with tiny flecks of mother-of-pearl. The date “1632” is written on this piece in India ink.

Associated Texts:

(1983). “Cultural Properties in Iwatsuki” (Cultural Properties in Iwatsuki City： A Series, vol. 2).  Iwatsuki Municipal Board of Education.

(1999). “Designated Cultural Properties in Iwatsuki” (The Iwatsuki Collection, vol. 1).  Iwatsuki Municipal Board of Education.

This cultural property is not on permanent display. Please receive the permission of the owners and curators before viewing these artifacts.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, worshippers, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/004/002/p002184.html