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• Lot n° 21 A FRAMED JAPANESE TEXTILE WITH DECORATION OF A BOW, QUIVER AND ARROWS AND TWO KAMON (FAMILY CRESTS) IN GOLD THREAD ON A BLACK SILK BACKGROUND, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the top crest is the kiri (paulownia leaf) with the flowers in a 5-7-5 arrangement. This arrangement is the highest ranking use of the crest which has been used for the imperial family as well as numerous other high ranking samurai families since at least the sixteenth century and is today the crest of the government and Prime Minister. The lower crest of the cross in the circle is that of the Shimazu clan of western Japan which ruled over the provinces of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga. At their peak the Satsuma daimyo (regional warlords) were one of the wealthiest families in Japan. The textile could perhaps be a marriage gift celebrating the union of two members of the Satsuma clan and a high ranking former samurai family. The significance of the archery equipment is unclear, though in Shinto, the loosing of an arrow is performed as a ritual of purification and a wish for peace.