{"id":1108,"date":"2023-02-16T15:57:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T06:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2023-02-16T15:57:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T06:57:23","slug":"lock-shaped-menuki-no-inscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Lock-shaped <em>menuki<\/em>. No inscription."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Late Muromachi period<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donated by Homma Norio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <em>menuki <\/em>is a decorative metal ornament on the hilt of the katana, typically tucked under the silk wrappings of the grip to conceal a nail. This lock-shaped <em>menuki <\/em>is said to have been made by the Kyoto metalworker Got\u014d S\u014dj\u014d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Got\u014d S\u014dj\u014d (1487\u20131564) was the second son of Got\u014d Y\u016bj\u014d, founder of the Got\u014d family line of Japanese sword fittings makers, who was said to have begun his career as a retainer to Ashikaga Yoshimasa. When he was 18 years old, he was sent to jail by his jealous companions. The jail officers took pity on him, giving him a peach to quench his thirst; Y\u016bj\u014d carved 14 small ships and 63 monkeys on the peach pit, which the jail officer presented to Yoshimasa. The latter was so delighted with the work that he pardoned Y\u016bj\u014d, ordering him to carve sword fittings. S\u014dj\u014d later succeeded his father as the second-generation head of the Got\u014d family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Muromachi period Donated by Homma Norio A menuki is a decorative metal ornament on the hilt of the katana&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1109,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/1109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hommamuseum-en.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}