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A SUJIBACHI KABUTO (HELMET) Kenji Mishina collection.
By Myochin Nobuie, Muromachi period (1333-1573), dated 1562
The heavy 32-plate russet-iron bowl, mounted to the top with a five- Exhibited
stage mixed-metal tehen kanamono, the black-lacquer mabisashi The Frazier History Museum, Samurai: the Flowering of Japan,
with gilt fukurin, a haraidate with an associated maedate of gilt-copper Louisville, Kentucky, 12 May-30 September 2012.
horns, an iron three-lame komanju jikoro of black-lacquer kiritsuke
iyozane, laced with green sugake odoshi, shaped fukigaeshi with gilt Published and illustrated
fukurin and pierced with a cherry blossom, underneath the shikoro a Andrew Mancabelli and David Pepper, Samurai: The Flowering of
secondary defence of Nanban gusari over a fabric base, signed on the Japan, The Frazier History Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 2012, p.27.
interior of the bowl Myochin Nobuie with a kao, dated Eiroku gonen
jugatsu no hi (a day in the tenth month of 1562) and with an inscription Accompanied by a certificate issued by the Nihon Katchu Bugu
from the Heart Sutra; with a wood stand. (4). Kenkyu Hozonkai (Society for the Study and Preservation of Japanese
Armour) dated 13 November 2016, authenticating the helmet as
£28,000 - 35,000 Koshu tokubetsu kicho shiryo (Especially Precious Reference Piece
JPY4,200,000 - 5,200,000 Grade A).
US$37,000 - 46,000

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