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An Unusual Namban Leather Wallet.
The whole surface embossed with scenes from daily life.
Leather, metal.
Nagasaki, Japan.
Circa 1870s.
Namban wallets are not unusual of course, but to find an example such as this one with embossed surfaces definitely is. It may be a wallet commemorating the first train and railway in Japan, in 1872, between Shimbashi (Tokyo) and Sakuragichō. The symbols include: Dutch Trader Boots, a Book, a Japanese Compass, Ships, a Hand (or Glove), a Winged Cherub, a Rickshaw, a Globe, a Sabre and Musket, Flags, Trumpets, a Horse, a Bowler Hat, Rifles, Swords, an Umbrella. The main symbol is the locomotive emerging from a tunnel, depicted across the top of the wallet, underneath the inner flap.
Dimensions
10.5cm high, 18cm wide - 4¼ ins high, 6¼ ins wideThe BADA Standard
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