Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Craft)

Title:

Dokensaku jyumonjiyari

Cross-Shaped Spear by Doken
道憲作十文字槍

No. of features:

One blade

Designated:

February 26, 1988

Location:

Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore (opens to new page)

4-219 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama Prefecture

Description:

Made during the Muromachi period (1336~1573) by the smith Doken, this spear was in the possession of Ashikaga Masauji, a military leader of the Koga Kubo government. The blade measures 29.6 cm long and 23.3 cm across.

It was preserved through the generations at Kangoin Temple in Kuki.

This cultural property is available to the public on a limited basis.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, 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/p000177.html