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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A purple-laced nimai do armor
Edo period (18th century)
The helmet a sixty-two plate russet-iron suji-kabuto with three shinodare (arrow-shaped components) in front and two in back, five-tiered shikoro (neck guard), finished with small fukigaeshi and wide mabisashi (brim) all trimmed with gilt fukurin, mounted with a gilt-metal kuwagata-dai decorated with foliate scroll and three large chrysanthemum-form rivets, gilt-metal kuwagata and pierced roundel maedate in the form of a mon (family crest), the menpo (facemask) of russet iron with moustache, detachable nose and three-tiered yodarekake, with a nimai do (two-piece cuirass) of gilt honkozane (small individual scales) and kebiki odoshi (close lacing) with kusazuri (skirt) of six tassets each of five rows of itazane, itazane sode (shoulder guards), hyotan-gote (sleeves with gourd-shaped components), the haidate (thigh protectors) of gilt-lacquered rectangular scales, seven-splint shino-suneate (splint leg guards); together with flagpole, two matching flags and lacquered embellishment
Edo period (18th century)
The helmet a sixty-two plate russet-iron suji-kabuto with three shinodare (arrow-shaped components) in front and two in back, five-tiered shikoro (neck guard), finished with small fukigaeshi and wide mabisashi (brim) all trimmed with gilt fukurin, mounted with a gilt-metal kuwagata-dai decorated with foliate scroll and three large chrysanthemum-form rivets, gilt-metal kuwagata and pierced roundel maedate in the form of a mon (family crest), the menpo (facemask) of russet iron with moustache, detachable nose and three-tiered yodarekake, with a nimai do (two-piece cuirass) of gilt honkozane (small individual scales) and kebiki odoshi (close lacing) with kusazuri (skirt) of six tassets each of five rows of itazane, itazane sode (shoulder guards), hyotan-gote (sleeves with gourd-shaped components), the haidate (thigh protectors) of gilt-lacquered rectangular scales, seven-splint shino-suneate (splint leg guards); together with flagpole, two matching flags and lacquered embellishment
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