A FINE TOSEI GUSOKU

EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1800)

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A FINE TOSEI GUSOKU
Edo period (Circa 1800)
The sixty-two plate sujibachi kabuto [helmet with standing flanges] russet iron signed Yoshiyuki, the peak leather covered with black lacquered maedate [forecrest holder], the shikoro [neck guard] of black lacquered iron komanju itamono [small round solid plates] form, forecrest of a half sphere of black hair, mask of russet iron crisply forged without wrinkles, silver teeth and hair moustache, two lame black lacquered iron cuirass of gomai yokohagi style [five sections of horizontal plates] but having laced areas at both top and bottom, detachable hinged gyoyo [protection for shoulder strap fastenings] and green agemaki bow on the back, kusazuri [tassets] of black lacquered leather itamono [solid plates], fine russet iron oda-gote [sleeves] with bold hyotan gane on the forearm and rectangular plates with applied cherry blossom on the upper arm, mon on the tekko [back of the hand], chu-sode [medium shoulder guards] of leather itamono black lacquered, russet iron ikada haidate [thigh guards], Shino suneate [shin guards] and leather covered iron brigandine kogake [foot protection] associated, the whole armour laced in dark blue dyed doeskin and finely mounted with shakudo highlighted with gilded copper, contained in black lacquered armour box with a gold lacquered mitsudomoe mon [three comma badge] which appears on the armour

拍品專文

Yoshiyuki would seem to be an unrecorded smith. The ironwork throughout the armour is of very high standard and stylistically points to Kaga as a likely place of manufacture. (See Bottomley & Hopson, Arms and Armour of the Samurai).