A fine matchlock teppo

dating: Period (1603-1867) provenance: Japan, Octagonal, smooth-bore, 13 mm cal. barrel with rear and fore-sight, finely decorated with silver birds, floral motifs and symbols; signed under the barrel 'Sesshu Ju, SHimauchi Ichiuemon Saku'; lateral iron pan with spark arrester and brass pan cover. Brass lock. Elegant, slim, wooden, full stock with brass mounts, no ramrod. See a 'Nakamura Han Hojutsu' gun signed by the same gunsmith listed for 'Kiowa Gannen' dated 1801. length 134 cm.