Japan, 18th c. Length 130 cm. Wood, iron and brass. An octagonal 16 mm barrel (length 100 cm), partially decorated in silver and brass hiraz?gan. With a bamboo container for gunpowder. (2) Provenance: Swiss private collection. The Japanese export paper dating from 2. month Sh?wa 55 (1980) refers to the registration no. Chiba dai 038120 and assigns the musket to the maker Shimatani/Shimaya Kihachir? from Sessh? province (the second document is not available).