Vintage Japanese Kogai Hair Ornament – Striped Amber and Black Resin – 7¼" Sake Marshalls" or young Girl of

Marshalls" or young Girl of Jaluit

and by his early twenties he was producing reportage prints—about thirty designs on the Satsuma Rebellion (1877)

Signed on the base of the blade by the Japanese master blade maker over 100 years ago

Each piece was originally mounted on the tsuka (hilt) of a katana or wakizashi

Hand painted on silk with Koi fish and lotus

Vintage Japanese Kogai Hair Ornament – Striped Amber and Black Resin – 7¼" Sake Marshalls" or young Girl ofVintage Japanese Kogai Hair Ornament Striped Amber and Black Resin 7" Description Handsome kogai () hair ornament from the Taish to early Shwa period, made of striped amber and black resin designed to resemble bekk (, tortoiseshell). The slender, cylindrical form with a domed finial and hollowed shaft reflects the traditional kogai style once paired with kushi combs in formal coiffures. This later resin example captures the natural beauty of bekk at a