A YOKOHAGI NIMAI DO (TWO-PIECE CUIRASS), the thirty-two-plate russet iron helmet fitted with a gilt copper crest (maedate) in the form of butterfly, the five-plate neck guard (shikoro) laced in blue; a mempo of russet iron with a moustache and black lacquered throat guard (yodarekake); an iron yokohagi cuirass (do) decorated with peony, karashishi and a butterfly in iroe hirazogan with five-plate kusazuri (hip guards); medium shoulder guards (chu sode); armoured sleeves (kote) of Oda style; haidate (thigh guards); and a Shino style suneate (shinguards), late Edo period (18th/19th century)

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A YOKOHAGI NIMAI DO (TWO-PIECE CUIRASS), the thirty-two-plate russet iron helmet fitted with a gilt copper crest (maedate) in the form of butterfly, the five-plate neck guard (shikoro) laced in blue; a mempo of russet iron with a moustache and black lacquered throat guard (yodarekake); an iron yokohagi cuirass (do) decorated with peony, karashishi and a butterfly in iroe hirazogan with five-plate kusazuri (hip guards); medium shoulder guards (chu sode); armoured sleeves (kote) of Oda style; haidate (thigh guards); and a Shino style suneate (shinguards), late Edo period (18th/19th century)

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