A LACQUERED JINGASA HELMET WITH THE DECORATION OF DRAGONFLIES

19TH CENTURY

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A LACQUERED JINGASA HELMET WITH THE DECORATION OF DRAGONFLIES
19th Century
The ribbed roiro-nuri helmet decorated with dragonflies in gold, silver and iroe takamakie and inlays of aogai, four stage gilt tehen kanamono, (slight wear)
Literature
Illustrated in Yamato, Fudo Was Musashi murdered? (New York: Zensho Communications, 1985), plate 52.

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