HELMET MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY), ARMOUR EDO PERIOD (MID-18TH CENTURY)
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A Composite Armour
Helmet Momoyama Period (16th Century), Armour Edo Period (mid-18th century)
The thirty-two plate russet iron suji bachi kosho zan form [bowl with standing flanges of high sided shape] helmet, signed Yoshimichi (16th), gilded copper half fukurin, tehen kanamono and mon, itamono three plate komanju jikoro [small rounded neckguard] laced in green and white kebiki odoshi [close lacing], russet lacquered Nara menpo [half mask] with hair moustache, yodarekake [throat defence] laced in green kebiki odoshi, cuirass of do maru form [type of cuirass worn round the body without hinges] with black lacquered hon kozane [small lamellae] laced with dark blue kebiki odoshi with leather covered gyoyo [defensive plates protecting the fastening cords on the cuirass], kote of russet iron shino [splints] embossed with a diamond pattern, haidate of diamond shaped plates, matching kote
Helmet Momoyama Period (16th Century), Armour Edo Period (mid-18th century)
The thirty-two plate russet iron suji bachi kosho zan form [bowl with standing flanges of high sided shape] helmet, signed Yoshimichi (16th), gilded copper half fukurin, tehen kanamono and mon, itamono three plate komanju jikoro [small rounded neckguard] laced in green and white kebiki odoshi [close lacing], russet lacquered Nara menpo [half mask] with hair moustache, yodarekake [throat defence] laced in green kebiki odoshi, cuirass of do maru form [type of cuirass worn round the body without hinges] with black lacquered hon kozane [small lamellae] laced with dark blue kebiki odoshi with leather covered gyoyo [defensive plates protecting the fastening cords on the cuirass], kote of russet iron shino [splints] embossed with a diamond pattern, haidate of diamond shaped plates, matching kote