THE BARREL SIGNED IN JAPANESE CHARACTERS, EDO PERIOD

the russet barrel with sighting flat and octagonal muzzle carrying the copper alloy fore-sight and with a copper alloy band at the rear, and decorated over most of its length in front of the block-shaped back-sight with a dragon amid clouds, the breech engraved with a Mon and Japanese characters, the decoration retaining faint traces of silvering, copper alloy back-action lock with external mainspring and pan-cover (retaining rivet missing), cherrywood full stock (old split at the muzzle on one side) set with copper alloy florets, copper alloy button trigger, and copper alloy ramrod, 36.3 cm barrel