HELMET EDO PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY), ARMOUR EDO PERIOD (MID-18TH CENTURY)
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A Tosei Gusoku
Helmet Edo Period (Late 16th Century), Armour Edo Period (Mid-18th Century)
The thirty-two plate russet iron koshozan helmet with za boshi, gilt copper fukurin to the suji, indistinctly signed Soshu Miochin, komanju jikoro black lacquered itamono laced with white sugake odoshi, gilded copper maedate [fore crest], hambo [chin and cheek mask] of exceptional shape and quality in the style called kitsune bo or tanuki bo [fox or badger faced] in russet iron, black lacquered itamono yodarekake laced white sugake odoshi, black lacquered iron tatehagi do [solid plate cuirass of vertical construction], kusazuri with white kebiki odoshi, silver plum blossom backed saihai and tenugui no kwan [two rings on the front of the cuirass from which to hang a tasselled baton and a towel], bracket and socket for the sashimono to the rear, ikada gote in black lacquered iron, itamono chu sode laced with white sugake odoshi, haidate of ridged iron plates and black lacquered mail and tsutsu suneate of black lacquered leather
Helmet Edo Period (Late 16th Century), Armour Edo Period (Mid-18th Century)
The thirty-two plate russet iron koshozan helmet with za boshi, gilt copper fukurin to the suji, indistinctly signed Soshu Miochin, komanju jikoro black lacquered itamono laced with white sugake odoshi, gilded copper maedate [fore crest], hambo [chin and cheek mask] of exceptional shape and quality in the style called kitsune bo or tanuki bo [fox or badger faced] in russet iron, black lacquered itamono yodarekake laced white sugake odoshi, black lacquered iron tatehagi do [solid plate cuirass of vertical construction], kusazuri with white kebiki odoshi, silver plum blossom backed saihai and tenugui no kwan [two rings on the front of the cuirass from which to hang a tasselled baton and a towel], bracket and socket for the sashimono to the rear, ikada gote in black lacquered iron, itamono chu sode laced with white sugake odoshi, haidate of ridged iron plates and black lacquered mail and tsutsu suneate of black lacquered leather