An Iron Sixty-Two Plate Helmet (Suji-Bachi)
An Iron Sixty-Two Plate Helmet (Suji-Bachi)

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED MYOCHIN NOBUIE, AND TENBUN GONEN (1536)

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An Iron Sixty-Two Plate Helmet (Suji-Bachi)
Edo period (19th century), inscribed Myochin Nobuie, and Tenbun gonen (1536)
Of heishozan shape (high sides and flat top) and assembled from sixty-two plates, signature on the interior front, the peak with shakudo fukurin (decorative edging) carved with foliate scroll

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