Set of six yanone ceremonial arrowheads from the Edo and Showa periods

The presented collection includes six ceremonial arrowheads. The two longest of them are 29 cm high, and the shortest is 18 cm. Three of the smaller spearheads are from the Edo period (18th century), and three of the larger ones are from the Shōwa period (1960s). Two of the spearheads are mirror polished, two are covered with a dark patina (including one mirror polished), and another two have a patina that imitates rust. These are ceremonial arrowheads. All of the presented yanone have openwork decorations. Here we can admire: a signed spearhead with a motif of the so-called. Here we can admire: a signed arrowhead with the so-called boar's eye motif, of the yamagiba type, from the Edo period; a 20th-century arrowhead with a cherry blossom (sakura) cutout, also of the yamagiba type; a spearhead of the kogata type, characterized by a narrow, rhomboid head with a central hole (this type of spearhead was often used for decorative or ceremonial purposes, but also for effective armor piercing due to its tapered shape and strength) from the Edo period; a 20th-century tachi omodaka (standing water arrow) type arrowhead with openwork decoration with a sakura motif; a yanagiba type arrowhead from the Edo period, with a cutout depicting two rhombuses; and a 20th-century arrowhead of the same type, with a cutout featuring the sangai matsu motif - three pine trees standing in succession - found in Japanese heraldry.
The set has a certificate of authenticity issued by Polish expert Krzysztof Polak.
Dimensions of the box with arrows (closed): height: 10 cm, width: 37 cm, length: 11 cm.
Length of the smallest arrowhead: 18 cm
Length of the two largest arrowheads: 29 cm
Author: unknown, one of the arrowheads is signed
Dating: three arrowheads from the 20th century and three from the 18th century