Staff of command

saihai 采配

Standort

Insignia were deployed in the field of battle to issue commands. Towards the end of the Muromachi period (1333-1568) military tactics changed. A variety of different troop formations were formed, which were directed by such aids as a staff of command, a shell trumpet or a drum.

Object data

Inv. No.

32560

Object Name

Staff of command

Collection

Heinrich von Siebold (1852 St. Martin/Boppard - 1908 Schloss Freudenstein/Bozen) - GND

Dated

1600-1868

Accession Date

1889

Period

Edo Period

Geography

Ostasien/Japan

Material

Paper, lacquered wood, metal, silk