Lot Essay
Although mounted later, the importance of this piece is that the do and sode are probably of the late Muromachi period (early 16th Century).
HELMET EDO PERIOD (MID-17TH CENTURY), DO AND SODE EDO PERIOD (EARLY 16TH CENTURY), REST EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Details
A Composite Armour
Helmet Edo Period (Mid-17th Century), Do and Sode Edo Period (Early 16th Century), Rest Edo Period (Late 17th/early 18th Century)
The sixty plate russet iron suji bachi helmet indistinctly signed, mounted with tehen kanamono, the front and back plates covered with plates plus fukurin, shinodare in gilded copper, leather covered peak with kuwagata dai all in gilded copper, three plate komanju itamono jikoro, laced dark blue sugake odoshi, black lacquered iron mask with a hair moustache, chin tuft and silvered teeth, four lame yodarekake of kiritsuke kozane, nodowa [separate throat defence] of black lacquered hon kozane, the do of do-maru form of hon kozane with matching kusazuri, muna ita [top plate on the front of the cuirass], kanagu mawari [solid plates at the top of the cuirass beneath the arms] and watagami [shoulder straps] all covered in brown leather, gilded copper kanamono laced in mid blue and kebiki odoshi, agemaki bow on the back, tsubo sode [tapered shoulderguards] of hon kozane black lacquered, the kamuri ita [standing plate on the top of the shoulderguard] covered in brown leather laced in bands of blue, white, tea colour and green, russet iron tsutsu gote [type of sleeve] mounted on green and gold brocade, matching hodo haidate [thighguards with extra pendant pieces] of hon kozane, the main section laced in mid blue, the pendant pieces laced to match the sode, a mail lined brocade manjuwa [separate undergarment like a waistcoat], suneate of black lacquered shino, the do, nodowa, sode, kote, haidate and manju wa all match, the rest associated, with an armour box
Helmet Edo Period (Mid-17th Century), Do and Sode Edo Period (Early 16th Century), Rest Edo Period (Late 17th/early 18th Century)
The sixty plate russet iron suji bachi helmet indistinctly signed, mounted with tehen kanamono, the front and back plates covered with plates plus fukurin, shinodare in gilded copper, leather covered peak with kuwagata dai all in gilded copper, three plate komanju itamono jikoro, laced dark blue sugake odoshi, black lacquered iron mask with a hair moustache, chin tuft and silvered teeth, four lame yodarekake of kiritsuke kozane, nodowa [separate throat defence] of black lacquered hon kozane, the do of do-maru form of hon kozane with matching kusazuri, muna ita [top plate on the front of the cuirass], kanagu mawari [solid plates at the top of the cuirass beneath the arms] and watagami [shoulder straps] all covered in brown leather, gilded copper kanamono laced in mid blue and kebiki odoshi, agemaki bow on the back, tsubo sode [tapered shoulderguards] of hon kozane black lacquered, the kamuri ita [standing plate on the top of the shoulderguard] covered in brown leather laced in bands of blue, white, tea colour and green, russet iron tsutsu gote [type of sleeve] mounted on green and gold brocade, matching hodo haidate [thighguards with extra pendant pieces] of hon kozane, the main section laced in mid blue, the pendant pieces laced to match the sode, a mail lined brocade manjuwa [separate undergarment like a waistcoat], suneate of black lacquered shino, the do, nodowa, sode, kote, haidate and manju wa all match, the rest associated, with an armour box