LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A COMPOSITE ARMOUR
Late Edo Period (19th Century)
Comprising an Etchuzu-nari helmet in black-lacquered iron of good form and weight with a broad flared peak, fitted with a black-lacquered leather-covered iron Hineno-jikoro [close-fitting neck- guard], the small shaped fukigaeshi [turnbacks] with a gold-lacquered mon [crest], one a replacement; black-lacquered iron mask with modern replacement nose; do [cuirass] in two pieces, the plates black lacquered and fitted to take renjaku [suspenders], the centre section at the front hinged to open; black-lacquered leather kusazuri [tassets]; pair of black-lacquered iron Shino-gote [sleeves]; kawara-haidate [thigh-guards]; pair of Shino-suneate [shin-guards]
Late Edo Period (19th Century)
Comprising an Etchuzu-nari helmet in black-lacquered iron of good form and weight with a broad flared peak, fitted with a black-lacquered leather-covered iron Hineno-jikoro [close-fitting neck- guard], the small shaped fukigaeshi [turnbacks] with a gold-lacquered mon [crest], one a replacement; black-lacquered iron mask with modern replacement nose; do [cuirass] in two pieces, the plates black lacquered and fitted to take renjaku [suspenders], the centre section at the front hinged to open; black-lacquered leather kusazuri [tassets]; pair of black-lacquered iron Shino-gote [sleeves]; kawara-haidate [thigh-guards]; pair of Shino-suneate [shin-guards]
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