Gyokujo - Jeweled staff

Japanese: 玉杖 - ぎょくじょう

One of the jasper products from the 4th century excavated from a Japanese burial mound. It has several large tubular beads pierced by an iron core, with a curved T-shaped head at the top. There are variations in the shape of the head, with some with both ends of the T forked and others with a magatama on each side. A jasper ferrule is attached to the bottom. Total length is 20-50cm. Furthermore, excavations at Takada Mesuriyama Tomb in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture in 1959 and 1960 revealed the existence of a cane with two angular protrusions tied to the top with string, and one with two wing-like ornaments joined together and dropped into a deep cross-shaped groove at the top to create a cross-shaped standing ornament, adding new examples to the cane head style.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本の古墳から出土する，4世紀代の碧玉製品のひとつ。複数の大型管玉を鉄芯で貫き，上部の湾曲したT字形の杖頭をつける。杖頭の形態には差があり，T字形の両端を二またにしたもの，両側に勾玉各1個をつくりだしたものがある。下端に碧玉製の石突がつく。全長20～50cm。さらに，1959,60年の奈良県桜井市高田メスリ山古墳の発掘調査では，頂部に角形突起2個を紐で緊縛するもの，頂部の深い十字形溝に2個の翼状飾を相欠き接ぎにして落とし，十字形の立ち飾を構成するものの存在が知られ，杖頭の形態に新例が加わった。

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