THE HELMET EDO PERIOD (16TH CENTURY), THE ARMOUR EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY AND LATER)
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A COMPOSITE TOSEI GUSOKU
The Helmet Edo Period (16th Century), The Armour Edo Period (18th Century and Later)
The sixty-two plate black lacquered koseizon hoshi bachi helmet [high sided helmet with standing rivet heads], the mabisashi [peak] secured by sakura byo [cherry headed rivets] and overlaid with an iron karakusa design, a gilded copper tehen kanamono and iron kasa jirushi no kwan [ring at rear of helmet], five lame hineno jikoro of black lacquered itamono construction laced with dark blue modern lacing, fukigayeshi with iron mon, russet iron mask, the do of ni mai yokohagi form in russet iron with shibuichi rivet heads in the shape of a mon repeated on the front and back, kusazuri of leather kiritsuke kozane, modern cords and some relacing, tsubo sode of leather kiritsuke kozane black lacquered and laced with kon ito kebiki odoshi, russet lacquered shino gote on blue hemp cloth with matching ikada haidate, leather bishamon suneate with iron overlay, together with a brocade and brigandine manju wa, with an armour box
The Helmet Edo Period (16th Century), The Armour Edo Period (18th Century and Later)
The sixty-two plate black lacquered koseizon hoshi bachi helmet [high sided helmet with standing rivet heads], the mabisashi [peak] secured by sakura byo [cherry headed rivets] and overlaid with an iron karakusa design, a gilded copper tehen kanamono and iron kasa jirushi no kwan [ring at rear of helmet], five lame hineno jikoro of black lacquered itamono construction laced with dark blue modern lacing, fukigayeshi with iron mon, russet iron mask, the do of ni mai yokohagi form in russet iron with shibuichi rivet heads in the shape of a mon repeated on the front and back, kusazuri of leather kiritsuke kozane, modern cords and some relacing, tsubo sode of leather kiritsuke kozane black lacquered and laced with kon ito kebiki odoshi, russet lacquered shino gote on blue hemp cloth with matching ikada haidate, leather bishamon suneate with iron overlay, together with a brocade and brigandine manju wa, with an armour box