EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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An Okegawa Do Tosei Gusoku [An Armour with Solid Plate Cuirass]
Edo Period (19th Century)
The thirty-two plate russet iron helmet of good form with a tosei mabisashi [type of peak], two crest holders on the front, six stage tehen kanamono [decoration of soft metal around hole in the top of helmet] in gilded copper, black lacquered iron hineno jikoro, black lacquered iron mask with a hair moustache, chin tuft and gilded copper teeth, heavy black lacquered iron ni mai [two piece] okegawa do with matching itamono kusazuri, itamono kosode, black lacquered iron shino gote, black lacquered plate and mail haidate, gold lacquered shino suneate associated, with an armour box
Edo Period (19th Century)
The thirty-two plate russet iron helmet of good form with a tosei mabisashi [type of peak], two crest holders on the front, six stage tehen kanamono [decoration of soft metal around hole in the top of helmet] in gilded copper, black lacquered iron hineno jikoro, black lacquered iron mask with a hair moustache, chin tuft and gilded copper teeth, heavy black lacquered iron ni mai [two piece] okegawa do with matching itamono kusazuri, itamono kosode, black lacquered iron shino gote, black lacquered plate and mail haidate, gold lacquered shino suneate associated, with an armour box