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LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A MENPO [ARMOUR MASK]
Late Edo Period (19th Century)
The russet-iron yoshiryu style mask of severe form with narrow nose and yadome [standing flanges] on the cheeks, a separate plate for the upper lip and the ears brought on, signed Mito no ju Ki no Yoshinori, the four-tier black-lacquered iron yodarekake [throat defence] laced in blue sugake-odoshi [spaced lacing]
Late Edo Period (19th Century)
The russet-iron yoshiryu style mask of severe form with narrow nose and yadome [standing flanges] on the cheeks, a separate plate for the upper lip and the ears brought on, signed Mito no ju Ki no Yoshinori, the four-tier black-lacquered iron yodarekake [throat defence] laced in blue sugake-odoshi [spaced lacing]
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