Lot 66
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A PURPLE LACED DANGAE-DO ARMOR WITH A MYOCHIN HELMET AND FACEMASK
A PURPLE LACED DANGAE-DO ARMOR WITH A MYOCHIN HELMET AND FACEMASK
A PURPLE LACED DANGAE-DO ARMOR WITH A MYOCHIN HELMET AND FACEMASK
A PURPLE LACED DANGAE-DO ARMOR WITH A MYOCHIN HELMET AND FACEMASK
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A PURPLE LACED DANGAE-DO ARMOR WITH A MYOCHIN HELMET AND FACEMASK

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), HELMET SIGNED KASHU JU MUNEYOSHI SAKU, AND FACE MASK SIGNED KASHU JU MUNESUMI SAKU

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A PURPLE LACED DANGAE-DO ARMOR WITH A MYOCHIN HELMET AND FACEMASK
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), HELMET SIGNED KASHU JU MUNEYOSHI SAKU, AND FACE MASK SIGNED KASHU JU MUNESUMI SAKU
The armor comprising:
Helmet [kabuto]: The helmet of a sixteen-plate russet iron hoshi-bachi su-ji (riveted ridge), with large knobs, with elaborate shakudo and gilt seven-tier tehen kanamono, with small fukigaeshi (turnbacks) with a gilt crane mon, the wide lacquer mabizashi (brim) with two large gilt carved kanamono of facing three-clawed dragons, the bowl signed kashu ju Muneyoshi saku
Neck guard [shikoro]: A five-tier lacquered iron ita-jikoro (neck guard)
Facemask [menpo]: A russet iron ressei style menpo (face mask) signed Kashu ju Munesumi saku, with a bristle moustache and a chin tuft fitted with four-tier lacquered iron yodarekake (bib), a nodowa (neck guard; not pictured) with two-tier kittsukezane (lacquer iron plate simulated rows of linked scales) and printed leather, with silver crane mon
Cuirass [do]: The dangae-do (cuirass) decorated in black leather and lacquered kozare, purple laced, the top section of a kinkarakawa (decorated ornamental leather), applied with elaborate rope-edginga gilt fukurin, silver saihai tsuke no kan in the form of cloud and a gilt roundel of crane mon with incised details
Shoulder guards and sleeves [sode and kote]: A pair of iron plates and chain shino gote (sleeves), the tekko (hand covers) with small gilt crane mon, with a large gilt seven-tier ita-sode decorated with rope-edginga gilt fukurin, matsukawa bishi mon and another mon, with a pair of additional extra-large sode (shoulder guards) of lacquered kozare and leather, a silk katabira (inner garment jacket) of dragons in clouds
Thigh protector and lower leg guards [haidate and sune-ate]: A lacquer haidate (skirts) with leather

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Lot Essay

In the seventeenth century, the lord of Kaga Maeda clan, Toshitsune (1594-1658), invited prominent Myochin and Saotome school armorers in Kaga Province to promote the armaments of the Maeda clan. The Kaga style armors are known to have features from both schools, high quality forged steel and the use of exceptional materials such as embossed gold-lacquered leather (kinkarakawa) which form a rich and exquisite armor as present lot.

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