EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
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AN OKITENUGUI-TYPE HELMET
Edo period (17th-18th century)
The okitenugui ("placed towel") type bowl of five plates with rows of hoshi (rivets) across the front and in a line from front to back, the front with two large embossed eyebrows, the whole lacquered in sabiage style to simulate russet iron, with a four-tiered black-lacquered hineno-jikoro (neck guard)
Edo period (17th-18th century)
The okitenugui ("placed towel") type bowl of five plates with rows of hoshi (rivets) across the front and in a line from front to back, the front with two large embossed eyebrows, the whole lacquered in sabiage style to simulate russet iron, with a four-tiered black-lacquered hineno-jikoro (neck guard)
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