full samurai armor
Japan
Edo period (1603-1868)
18th century
Iron, lacquer, silk, horsehair, brass
Suji-type kabuto, tehen chiseled with a stylized chrysanthemum, hachi with eight suji, lacquered leather shikoro with four blades, silk-covered iron mabizashi, green silk agemaki, "mato"-shaped (disc) maedate, kaye-mon (secondary crest) of the A-Bé family of Sa-nuki, Ichi-hashi, Tani; brass kuwagata.
Mempo of the me no shita men type made of iron, with a horsehair moustache, red lacquered upper lip and gilded teeth; mengu composed of four lacquer strips.
Do in two parts decorated with chrysanthemums, takahimo covered in silk.
Kote in black silk with tekko and shino in lacquered iron.
Kusazuri in lacquer, hishinui no ita in silk.
Haidate with chikaragawa in beige and blue patterned silk, ieji with geometric patterns, Iyo in lacquered iron with four slats.
Sunate in black lacquered iron.
Wooden transport box featuring a "ken kata-bami", jo-mon (main crest) of the Saka-i of Hime-ji.
Ref.: 7050
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