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"Inaba Warrior" Size: 1.39" Price: SOLD


Behold the ultra rare Tengu Warrior!! John has made VERY few of these marbles, and this is an especially nice one - check out how killer that opal sword is!! The Tengu is chock full of UV glass throughout, and so it REALLY lights up with the UV light. The detail of this Tengu is really amazing, one of the cleanest and fullest Tengu I've ever seen from John. Ugh, I wish I could keep every one of these!! If you read up on the fascinating history of Tengu in Japan, you'll find it particularly hard to resist this marble - so do it, but be careful, ha ha. The cage is a very special one also, with a UV light shining up from the bottom - just twist it on and the Tengu glows from within (see pic)! While traveling in Japan, John will pick up special ink stamps from the stores there (which I got to do with him on our last trip to Japan), and then he decorates these cages with those cool stamps. I love the skull integrated into the latch of the cage door as well. BUT, what makes this cage REEEALLY special is that coin you see mounted above the cage door on the front! While John and I and others were in Japan in March of 2017, John picked up this coin and a few others from a store in a coastal town that is famous for its gold mining. This is a replica of an old gold coin that used to be used as actual currency in Japan. Such a killer final touch for this amazing work of art, SO NICE!!! Signed with Kobuki's Kanji.

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