EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A Tosei Gusoku
Edo Period (18th Century)
The sixty-two plate russet lacquered suji bachi [bowl with standing flanges] helmet with gilt copper fukurin [metal edging] and igaki [small metal plates at the base of and between each suji] to every suji [standing flange], six stage tehen kanamono, tosei mabisashi with eyebrows, gilt copper fukurin hineno jikoro of kiritsuke kozane with small fukigayeshi, russet lacquered Nara mask with a hair moustache, chin tuft and gilt copper teeth, yodarekake of kiritsuke kozane, ni ma tachi do of black lacquered hon kozane, the kusazuri of kiritsuke kozane, all the solid plates of ribbed black lacquer decorated with gold karakusa and originally a mon now defaced, ko sode of iron kiritsuke kozane, black lacquered, oda gote the plates russet iron except the hijigane [elbow defence] and tekko [hand defence] which are lacquered black, ikada haidate the plates gold lacquered, black lacquered iron shino gote, all laced in kon ito odoshi, with an armour box
Edo Period (18th Century)
The sixty-two plate russet lacquered suji bachi [bowl with standing flanges] helmet with gilt copper fukurin [metal edging] and igaki [small metal plates at the base of and between each suji] to every suji [standing flange], six stage tehen kanamono, tosei mabisashi with eyebrows, gilt copper fukurin hineno jikoro of kiritsuke kozane with small fukigayeshi, russet lacquered Nara mask with a hair moustache, chin tuft and gilt copper teeth, yodarekake of kiritsuke kozane, ni ma tachi do of black lacquered hon kozane, the kusazuri of kiritsuke kozane, all the solid plates of ribbed black lacquer decorated with gold karakusa and originally a mon now defaced, ko sode of iron kiritsuke kozane, black lacquered, oda gote the plates russet iron except the hijigane [elbow defence] and tekko [hand defence] which are lacquered black, ikada haidate the plates gold lacquered, black lacquered iron shino gote, all laced in kon ito odoshi, with an armour box