Mon of Emperor Higashiyama; Shogun Ienobu Tokugawa from Kyoto Artist: Unknown
Mint: Kyoto (Japanese)
Ruler: Higashiyama, Emperor of Japan, 1675–1710, ruled 1687–1709
Ruler: Shogun Ienobu Tokugawa, Japanese, 1662–1712

1708

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

7.77 g, 12:00, 36.6 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.32980

Geography

Made in Kyoto, Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: HOU EI TSUU HOU reading top-bottom, right-left and square hole in the center. SENKAN type of HOUEI TSUU HOU.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: EI KYUU SEI YOU reading top-bottom, right left and square hole in the center.
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Bibliography
  • Chester L. Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701–1800 (Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications, 1993),
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

Japanese mon, coins, money

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