Saddle with Lions 

A ground of gold powder contrasts with lions in mother-of-pearl. These materials were popular around the 12th and 13th centuries for saddle trees used by the samurai.

Cultural property designation

Important Cultural Property

Quantity

Artist

Period/Century

Heian–Kamakura period, 12th–13th century

Country/Origin

Excavation site

Material

Lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay

Size

Inscriptions

Donor

Gift of Mr. Kanō Jigorō

Collection reference no.

H-3753

Genre

Lacquerware

Category

Applied arts > Arms and armor > Horse tack > Saddles