Lot Essay
The maedate of Daikoku's hammer represents the strength and power of the wearer and his ability to destroy any kind of door, gate or castle wall.
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AN ARMOR OF DOMARU TYPE
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
The hoshi kabuto of 62 plates mounted with a shakudo and brass five stage tehen-kanamono and with a lacquered mabizashi decorated with two gold Arima family crests, the fukigaeshi rimmed in shakudo and pierced with mitsutomoemon, the maedate formed as Daikoku's hammer, and the wakidate formed as elongated kanji reading ka, translated as 'possibility', the five stage shikoro laced in blue, speckled white and green; the lacquered iron mempo formed as a grimacing man with four stage blue laced shikoro; the okegawa-do blue laced; with matching kusazuri, sode, kote, haidate, and suneate, in wood storage box
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
The hoshi kabuto of 62 plates mounted with a shakudo and brass five stage tehen-kanamono and with a lacquered mabizashi decorated with two gold Arima family crests, the fukigaeshi rimmed in shakudo and pierced with mitsutomoemon, the maedate formed as Daikoku's hammer, and the wakidate formed as elongated kanji reading ka, translated as 'possibility', the five stage shikoro laced in blue, speckled white and green; the lacquered iron mempo formed as a grimacing man with four stage blue laced shikoro; the okegawa-do blue laced; with matching kusazuri, sode, kote, haidate, and suneate, in wood storage box