A Ni-Mai Do Suit of Armor
A Ni-Mai Do Suit of Armor

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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A Ni-Mai Do Suit of Armor
Edo period (18th century)
The suit constructed of kiritsuke-kozane and laced in white and green, the lames and sode solid plates lacquered gold, the suit comprising a simple iron zunari helmet covered with black boar's fur and fitted with a black-lacquer mabisashi decorated with a gold-lacquer "rope" trim, the small turnbacks lacquered gold, the bowl fitted with a four-lame solid neck guard and the front mounted with a simple gilt-bronze chrysanthemum maedate; the facemask lacquered black and applied with a thick boar's fur moustache, lips lacquered red and the teeth silvered, fitted with a four-lame throat guard; the two-plate solid do lacquered black at the top and trimmed with gold-lacquer "rope" trim and fitted with six sections of five-lame tassets; chu-sode; chain mail and gourd-plate sleeves; chain mail and plate thigh guards; splint shin guards; holder for a flag; one storage box; no stand

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