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AN ARMOUR WITH IRON CUIRASS
THE KABUTO [HELMET]
SIGNED HARUTA KATSUSADA SAKU
EDO PERIOD, EARLY 18 TH CENTURY
紺糸威唐獅子大鎧、江戸時代、18世紀初期
kabuto [helmet]: the iron helmet of eight plates
hachi hari bachi form with riveted mabisashi
[peak] and fukigaeshi [turnbacks] with mon?,
signed Haruta Katsusada saku
shikoro [neckguard]: four-tier kasa jikoro with
black lacquered plates and mauve lacing
mempo [mask]: ryubu type with horse hair
moustache, iron and black lacquer
do [cuirass]: hatomune do [pigeon breastplate]
inspired by Nanban armour that arrived from
Europe, made of full sheet iron and very thick,
the kuzarzuri composed of plates with horse
hair edging
koto and sode [sleeves and shoulder]: the iron
kote shino-gote style with hexagonal plates of
cherry blossom design, silk brocade lining, and
two pairs of sode, the first of Tosei sode style
with black lacquer and silk lacing, the other
pair of huge metal plates, hammered, chased
and engraved with karashishi signed Myochin
shikibu ki no Muneakira and dated 1718
haidate and suneate [thigh protector and lower
leg guards]: iron in same format as kote, the
tsubo suneate composed of vertical plates
with dragons in clouds
PROVENANCE
Tamura Okitsugu

W £ 70,000-90,000
€ 82,500-106,000 US$ 92,500-119,000

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