sajen, nonoy, jose, gav, thanks for the comments.
ron, i don't have the pic of the whole design. in some museums for pieces like this, they put a mirror behind the item.
dimasalang, thanks for the comments on the samurais in the phils. i should read again morga as i missed that part
talking about phil. history, at the agustinianos' library in valladolid, spain (where museo oriental is located), i spent merely about half an hour at the library and i already found interesting titles (excerpts of some articles are below, and the entire articles are
here .
i think [dimasalang] should spent at least a month there at valladolid!
