wanted Looking for a nice JITTE 十手

[Gilles]

Dear all,

 

I am looking for a nice JITTE but I need a genuine one of very good quality from EDO period, one which could have been carried by a high-ranking samurai police official (yoriki) or one made, signed and/or dated from the bakumatsu era. To summarize, I need one very good example which will be the only one in my collection.

I am aware that it will be difficult to find such a gem but I need to avoid all the less than average ones (which are not so old) usually put for sale on Ebay or Yahoo Japan.

 

If you happen to have a nice one for sale feel free to PM me.

 

Thank you for your attention.

[nickm]

It's not certain if it fits your parameters but Watson has one listed in the for sale section

[Gilles]

Dear Nick,

 

Thank you very much for telling me. I'm afraid that this Jitte is not what I am looking for. I need one who could have been worn by a high ranking samurai police officer. But I admit that this one is scarce.

[Shugyosha]

Hi Gilles,

Token Komachi has several, the first of which looks to be decent quality:

 

https://www.toukenkomachi.com/index_ja_antique.html

 

 

[Gilles]

Dear John,

 

Thank you so much for the link. It should fulfill my needs.