A FINE NIMAI-TACHI-DO TOSEI-GUSOKU ARMOUR
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A FINE NIMAI-TACHI-DO TOSEI-GUSOKU ARMOUR

THE HELMET-BOWL MUROMACHI PERIOD, CIRCA 1400; THE ARMOUR MID-EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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A FINE NIMAI-TACHI-DO TOSEI-GUSOKU ARMOUR
The Helmet-Bowl Muromachi Period, Circa 1400; The Armour Mid-Edo Period (18th Century)
A superb armour mounted to the highest standard in gilt copper and shakudo, with hi-odoshi [flame-red] lacing and green hishinui [cross-knots] on the lower plates, comprising a black-lacquered thirty-four plate sujibachi [ridged bowl] lavishly mounted with a multi-tier tehen-kanamono [fitting in the top of the bowl] in mixed metals, gilt fukurin [edging] to the suji [flanges] with random patches of silver and silvered igaki at the base, the peak fitted with a detachable kuwagata-dai [horn-fitting] and kuwagata [horns] and a gold-lacquered wood shishi [lion]; large o-manju-jikoro [neck-guard] of black-lacquered leather hon-kozane [true lamellae]; black-lacquered iron menpo [mask] with silvered teeth and a moustache indicated in gold lacquer, nodawa [throat-defence] beneath the mask; osode [large shoulder-guards]; do [cuirass] of nimai-tachido form [in two pieces hinged on the left side]; russet-iron tsutsu-gote [sleeves] with a gilt mon [crest] on both the back of the hand and the thumb, the centre plate on the forearm with a gilt dragon clutching a silver ken [sword], on the upper arm small iron plates each with a mon [crest] applied in shakudo; leather kawara-haidate [thigh-guards] gold-lacquered with a design of shishi [lions] and peonies; russet-iron tsutsu-suneate [shin-guards], the tate-age [knee defence] with applied shishi [lions] and peonies in gilt copper; pair of brocade-covered wakibiki [underarm protectors]; pair of fur boots; fine black-lacquered, silver-mounted gunpai-uchiwa [general's fan] and gunsen [folding war fan]; contained in two armour boxes, one with a leather cover; the armour with the mon [crest] of a branch of the Matsudaira family, possibly the Okudaira branch who were daimyo of Oshi in Musashi province; accompanying the armour two kiwame-fuda [certificates], one by Myochin Munesuke dated 1716 certifying that the helmet was by Myochin Yoshimichi and the other by Myochin Munemasa dated 1740 stating that the armour was made by Myochin Munenori
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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