A Tobiguchi (fire axe), Japan, Edo period, early 19th century The stem made of wood with various metal parts, including the axe and a belt hook. On the wood with a few Japanese symbols, presumably the owner's name. This axe was used by firefighters in Japan as an axe in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was also sometimes used as a weapon. Tobiguchi means kite beak, referring to the head of the axe which bears a resemblance to the beak of a kite.
Length 50 cm.
A Tobiguchi (fire axe), Japan, Edo period, early 19th century The stem made of wood with various metal parts, including the axe and a belt hook. On the wood with a few Japanese symbols, presumably the owner's name. This axe was used by firefighters in Japan as an axe in the 18th and 19th centuries, it was also sometimes used as a weapon. Tobiguchi means kite beak, referring to the head of the axe which bears a resemblance to the beak of a kite.
Length 50 cm.
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