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A SUJIBACHI KABUTO (HELMET)
By Haruta Katsusada, Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century
The crisp 62-plate sujibachi kabuto (helmet) signed Haruta
Katsusada saku, the mabisashi with a raised roped edge attached
to the bowl by five rivets with floral surrounds, to the top a five-
stage tehen kanamono in mixed metal, on the front a silvered
moon disc maedate, the iron Hineno jikoro of kiritsuke kozane,
the lower plates with an exaggerated curve over the shoulder,
black-lacquered and laced in blue kebiki odoshi, russet-iron
fukigaeshi with a raised roped edge and a gilt-metal suhama
crests; with a wood stand and a wood storage box. (5).

£8,000 - 10,000
JPY1,100,000 - 1,400,000
US$9,900 - 12,000

Accompanied by a certificate issued by the Nihon Katchu
Bugu Kenkyu Hozonkai (Society for the Study and Preservation
of Japanese Armour) dated 21 November 2010.

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A SUJI KABUTO (HELMET)
Mid Edo period (1615-1868), late 19th century
The heavy six-plate bowl with overlaying decorative plates on the
top meeting larger versions of the same rising from the lower edge,
the whole surface including the mabisashi possibly etched to give
the appearance of age, on the top a tehen kanamono of five stages
of gilt metal and on the front a maedate of stag antlers in gilt wood,
the black-lacquered iron three-lame itamono-komanju-jikoro laced
in blue sugake odoshi, the top plate turned back to form fukigaeshi,
unsigned; together with a wood stand. (3).

£2,500 - 3,500
JPY340,000 - 480,000
US$3,100 - 4,300

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A SUJIBACHI KABUTO (HELMET)
The bowl by Myochin Muneyoshi,
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1851
The good 62-plate russet iron koshozan sujibachi kabuto (helmet)
signed Myochin Muneyoshi with a kao and dated Kaei yonen
kanoto-i juichigatsu kichijitsu (a lucky day in the eleventh month
of the fourth year of Kaei [1851]), the suji gracefully decreasing
towards the top, the rivets neatly finished but left visible, the
well-formed peak and a haraidate on the front, mounted with a
six-stage tehen kanamono in copper, a maedate in the form of
a sacred jewel, the three-lame black-lacquered iron komanju-
itamono-jikoro laced in black sugake odoshi, the upper plate
turned back to form fukigaeshi, leather-covered with a silvered-
metal shitsume crest; with a wood stand. (4).

£9,000 - 12,000
JPY1,200,000 - 1,700,000
US$11,000 - 15,000

Accompanied by a certificate issued by the Nihon Katchu Bugu
Kenkyu Hozonkai (Society for the Study and Preservation of
Japanese Armour) dated 24 October 1982.

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