A Warabe Gusoku [armour for a boy]

A Warabe Gusoku [armour for a boy]
Edo Period (19th Century)
The russet lacquered leather helmet made to represent one of thirty plates, fitted with a ko manju jikoro [neck guard], a mayedate [fore crest] in the form of a pair of kuwagata [horns] with a three bar mon at the centre, the mon also appearing on the fukigaeshi [turn backs], a good mempo [mask], chu sode [shoulder guards] and shino gote [sleeves], the do of ni mai tachi style [of two pieces shaped at the waist], kawara haidate [thigh guards], tsutsu suneate [shin guards] and fur boots, the shikoro, yodarekake, sode and do all of kiritsuke kozane [false lammelae] lacquered gold as are the haidate, the kote and suneate black lacquered, laced almost entirely in green kebiki odoshi [close lacing], the yodarekake [throat defence] in red with the upper front plates of the do in red and white, with gusoku bitsu [armour box]