THE HELMET SIGNED MIOCHIN MUNESADA, THE DO SIGNED MIOCHIN KAGA DAIJO MUNESADA, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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AN OKEGAWA DO TOSEI GUSOKU [Solid Plate Armour]
The Helmet Signed Miochin Munesada, The Do signed Miochin Kaga Daijo Munesada, Edo Period (18th Century)
The sixty-two plate russet iron suji bachi of good weight, the rivet heads left visible on the surface of the plate, russet iron peak and haraidate, five lame itamono ichi manju jikoro russet lacquered, Yoshi Ryu school style mask with a hinged nose, lacquered iron itamono yodarekake [solid plate throat defence], a good okegawa yokohagi do [solid plate cuirass of horizontal plates] in russet iron, the front decorated in gold nunome [overlay] with a dragon and clouds, the back with clouds and three invocations, russet lacquered leather kusazuri, iron russet lacquered chu sode, russet iron shino gote, the closely laced shino decorated with a dragon in gold nunome, matching suneate, both mounted on blue brocade decorated with silver dragons and clouds, leather lamellae from an iyo haidate, with an armour box
The Helmet Signed Miochin Munesada, The Do signed Miochin Kaga Daijo Munesada, Edo Period (18th Century)
The sixty-two plate russet iron suji bachi of good weight, the rivet heads left visible on the surface of the plate, russet iron peak and haraidate, five lame itamono ichi manju jikoro russet lacquered, Yoshi Ryu school style mask with a hinged nose, lacquered iron itamono yodarekake [solid plate throat defence], a good okegawa yokohagi do [solid plate cuirass of horizontal plates] in russet iron, the front decorated in gold nunome [overlay] with a dragon and clouds, the back with clouds and three invocations, russet lacquered leather kusazuri, iron russet lacquered chu sode, russet iron shino gote, the closely laced shino decorated with a dragon in gold nunome, matching suneate, both mounted on blue brocade decorated with silver dragons and clouds, leather lamellae from an iyo haidate, with an armour box