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A MAGNIFICENT KAWARI KABUTO
A HOSHI-BACHI KABUTO [HELMET] EXHIBITED
AND A MEMPO (MASK) Samurai exhibition in the Wereldmuseum in [HELMET]
th
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MOMOYAMA PERIOD, 16 TH CENTURY Rotterdam (11 October 2012-24 March MOMOYAMA-EDO PERIOD, EARLY
2013). 17 TH CENTURY
六十四間星鉢兜、面頬、桃山時代、16世紀
LITERATURE 変わり兜、桃山—江戸時代、17世紀初期
the sixty-four-plate kabuto with black lacquer
overall, with protruding rivets [hoshibachi], Bas J.M. Verberk, Samurai, exhibition in the the iron helmet in black lacquer
fukugaeshi [turnbacks] black lacquered, Wereldmuseum, (Rotterdam, 2012), p. 132. with embossed wrinkles and
with two large wakidate in the form of £ 15,000-20,000 fukigaeshi[turnbacks], with five-tier itazane
water-buffalo horns, black lacquered, five € 17,700-23,500 US$ 19,900-26,500 shikoro [neckguard]
tier shikoro with blue lacing, the menpo of 33 cm., 13 in. wide.
risseibo style with horse hair moustache £ 50,000-70,000
(2) € 59,000-82,500 US$ 66,500-92,500
25 cm., 9¾ in. wide.
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