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AN IMPRESSIVE RED & BLUE LACED DO MARU YOROI [ARMOUR]
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AN IMPRESSIVE RED & BLUE LACED DO MARU YOROI [ARMOUR]

THE HELMET BOWL SIGNED MIOCHIN KI MUNESUKE AND DATED KIOHO 11TH YEAR [1727] THE ARMOUR, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)

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AN IMPRESSIVE RED & BLUE LACED DO MARU YOROI [ARMOUR]
THE HELMET BOWL SIGNED MIOCHIN KI MUNESUKE AND DATED KIOHO 11TH YEAR [1727]
THE ARMOUR, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)
THE FINE LOW ROUNDED HOSHI BACHI [HELMET BOWL WITH STANDING RIVETS] WITH LARGE RIVET HEADS GENTLY REDUCING TOWARDS THE TOP, SIGNED MIOCHIN KI MUNESUKE AND DATED KIOHO 11TH YEAR [1727], FITTED WITH AN O-MANJU JIKORO [LARGE ROUNDED NECK GUARD] OF BLACK LACQUER HON KOZANE [TRUE LAMELLAE], LARGE FUKIGAESHI [TURN BACKS AND THE MABISASHI [PEAK] LEATHER COVERED, THE BOWL MOUNTED WITH NI-HO-JIRO [TWO SOLID PLATES AT THE FRONT AND BACK] OVERLAID WITH GILDED SHINODARE [SPATULATE PLATES], ON THE PEAK A KUWAGATA DAI AND KUWAGATA [HORN STAND AND HORNS], A MAEDATE [FORE CREST] OF A WINGED DRAGON, RUSSET IRON MENPO [HALF MASK] WITH HAIR MOUSTACHE AND MATCHING NODOWA [SEPARATE THROAT DEFENCE], THE DO [CUIRASS] OF DO-MARU FORM OF BLACK LACQUERED HON KOZANE [TRUE LAMELLAE], RUSSET IRON TSUTSU GOTE [SLEEVES], TWO PAIRS OF SODE [SHOULDER GUARDS], THE SMALLER CHU-SODE [MEDIUM] AND THE LARGER PAIR O-SODE, BLACK LACQUERED KAWARA HAIDATE [THIGH GUARDS], BLACK LACQUERED O-TATEAGE SUNEATE [SHIN GUARDS] AND KUTSU [FUR BOOTS], LACED IN DARK BLUE KEBIKI ODOSHI [CLOSE LACING] THE UPPER TWO ROWS OF THE MAIN PLATES IN RED, THE ARMOUR IS LAVISHLY MOUNTED IN GILDED COPPER WITH THE MON [FAMILY CREST] OF THREE COMMAS ABOVE A BAR APPEARING ON THE FUKIGAESHI AND TEKKO [HAND DEFENCE] AND A NUMBER OF RIVET HEADS, CONTAINED IN A KARA BITSU [A SIX LEGGED ARMOUR BOX]
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THE DAIMYO FAMILY HIYASHI HIGONOKAMI
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MIOCHIN MUNESUKE (1642-1735) IS RATED AS THE 24TH MASTER IN THE GENEALOGY PRODUCED BY THE MIOCHIN FAMILY. MUNESUKE WAS A NOTED CRAFTSMAN MAKING BOTH SUJI BACHI [RIDGED BOWLS] AND HOSHI BACHI [BOWLS WITH STANDING RIVET HEADS]. HE WAS ALSO RECOGNISED AS A MASTER IN THE ART OF UCHIDACHI [REPOUSSE] AND MANY MASKS, CUIRASSES AND OTHER ITEMS OF ARMOUR WERE MADE AND DECORATED IN THIS MANNER. THE GREATER NUMBER OF HOSHI BACHI MADE BY MUNESUKE ARE OF THE KO-BOSHI STYLE [SMALL RIVET HEADS], RIVET HEADS OF THE SIZE EXHIBITED ON THIS HELMET ARE UNUSUAL.

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