鑑定書内容：社団法人 日本甲冑武具研究保存会 甲種特別貴重資料 Certificate:Japan Kacchubugu Research and preservation Koshu Tokubetsu kicho Shiryo

• No.B126
• 江戸時代前期 慶安戊子 A.D.1648
• 価格：¥880,000

江戸時代、花押と慶安元年紀を有する黒漆塗向い巴紋金銀流水二菊文蒔絵布袋鞍。
布袋鞍とは前後輪に海（凹み）を設けないで、磯をそのまま山形に張り出したふくよかな形状の鞍をさし、現存少なく貴重な作品である。社団法人 日本甲胄武具研究保存会の甲種特別貴重資料指定品。

A Hotei-kura (saddle) from the Edo period, featuring a Kao (stylized signature) and an inscription dated to Keian (1648).A Hotei-kura is a type of saddle characterized by its rounded and voluminous form, lacking the umi (concave depressions) in the front and rear arches, instead extending the iso (side panels) outward in a peaked shape. Due to the rarity of surviving examples, this piece is considered highly valuable.The saddle is adorned with black lacquer, featuring mukaidomoe-mon (opposing tomoe crests), gold and silver ryas (flowing water motifs), and two chrysanthemum designs in makie (gold and silver lacquer).This piece has been designated as a Koshu Tokubetsu KichoShiryo  (Specially Important Valuable Material) by the Society for the Study and Preservation of Japanese Armor and Arms.