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LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A SOMEN [FULL-FACE ARMOUR MASK]
Late Edo Period (19th Century)
The russet-iron mask of three sections but riveted together, bold wrinkles to the cheeks and eyebrows to the brow-plate which is pierced with small eye holes, the black-lacquered leather yodarekake [throat defence] divided into three vertically and laced with blue sugake [spaced] lacing
Late Edo Period (19th Century)
The russet-iron mask of three sections but riveted together, bold wrinkles to the cheeks and eyebrows to the brow-plate which is pierced with small eye holes, the black-lacquered leather yodarekake [throat defence] divided into three vertically and laced with blue sugake [spaced] lacing
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