A Japanese black lacquered suit of armour, Yoroi
Late Edo period (1603-1868)
The black lacquered armour woven with dark blue and orange ropes, comprising:
– A ‘ribbed bowl’ helmet, sujibachi kabuto, with gold lacquered crests, kumaizasa mon, and mounted with pheasant’s feathers and metal maedate shaped as lotus above cotton
– A four-part neck guard, shikoro
– A mask with separate nose part and brown moustache, resseibo mengu
– A four-part neck throat guard, nodowa
– Two five-part shoulder pieces, sode
– Two arm guards with maze and three flanges, sanmaidokote, above green brocade
– A two-part cuirass with ribbed breast plate, wasei nanbando, with two gold lacquered gyoyo decorated with mon above
– Hanging from the cuirass six five-part kusazuri
– Two thigh protectors with maze, haidate
– Two shin guards, dosuneate
– A green silk belt
– With black lacquered box decorated with gold lacquered crest, mon
– Wood box for helmet with gold lacquered crest, mon
N.B.:
The two boxes, helmet and gyoyo are all decorated with the same crest, mon.
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