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A SUIT OF ARMOUR (Tosei-gusoku), 18th/19th Century
A six-plate lacquered wood helmet with metal tehen kanamono, iron mabizashi and five-stage iron itamono-jikoro laced sugake-odoshi bearing a small fukigaeshi decorated with mulberry leaf mon, with red lacquered maedate in the form of horns (some cracks and wear); a lacquered mempo (mask) with four-stage itamono-yodarekake (wear and detachable nose missing); a four-sectional do (cuirass) lacquered leather with five-stage kusazuri of blue laced sugake-odoshi; chusode (medium shoulder guards) of kiritsuke kozane; iron kote of (armoured sleeves) chain mailed Koshino style; haidate (thigh guards) of kawara style gold and black lacquered; and suneate (shin guards), (old wear)
163cm. high
A six-plate lacquered wood helmet with metal tehen kanamono, iron mabizashi and five-stage iron itamono-jikoro laced sugake-odoshi bearing a small fukigaeshi decorated with mulberry leaf mon, with red lacquered maedate in the form of horns (some cracks and wear); a lacquered mempo (mask) with four-stage itamono-yodarekake (wear and detachable nose missing); a four-sectional do (cuirass) lacquered leather with five-stage kusazuri of blue laced sugake-odoshi; chusode (medium shoulder guards) of kiritsuke kozane; iron kote of (armoured sleeves) chain mailed Koshino style; haidate (thigh guards) of kawara style gold and black lacquered; and suneate (shin guards), (old wear)
163cm. high