A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-ONE JAPANESE OJIME BEADS

A COLLECTION OF THIRTY-ONE JAPANESE OJIME BEADS

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Strung as a necklace and made of mixed materials including glass, metal, wood, horn, stag antler, aventurine and other hardstones, one a small inlaid bronze cube featuring a minute cross, possibly for a 'Hidden Christian' worshipper; another Chokaro Sennin's horse on his double gourd, some shaped as coins, 2.4cm max.