Japanese Edo Period Samurai Jingasa Kabuto Helmet Vine-Oak Mon LS#117 Buddhist Folding Goban for the game

Folding Goban for the game of Go

Bronze hardware pulls with Crane & Turtle motif lock plates

each with original iron bail handles and practical side carrying handles

and a landscape still barely recognizable as a functioning city

Japanese Edo Period Samurai Jingasa Kabuto Helmet Vine-Oak Mon LS#117 Buddhist Folding Goban for the gameSamurai Jingasa () with Tsurugashiwa Crest Edo Period, c. 18501868Lacquered wood with gilt lacquer, black roiro lacquer, brass bronze apex fitting, silk cords and tassel. An elegant conical jingasathe travel field hat of the samuraibuilt on a light wooden core and finished in alternating gilt and deep black roiro panels with crisp fluting that echoes multi plate kabuto. The front bears a raised family crest (kamon): Tsurugashiwa (), the three vines