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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
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A FINE HON-KOZANE TACHI-DO GUSOKU PROVENANCE
[ARMOUR] Tanuma family
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY This armour bears the crest of the Tanuma family, daimyo of
本小札立胴具足、江戸時代、17世紀 Sagara in Totomi.
the kawari kabuto in sabi-nuri lacquered steel of Tokanmuri W £ 60,000-80,000
shape, the shape represents a Chinese court hat, the maedate € 68,000-90,500 US$ 79,000-106,000
of wood decorated in gold lacquer, a sabi-nuri lacquered mask,
Haruta school, consisting of two parts assembled by pins,
the cuirass is of tachi-do in black lacquered iron hon-kozane,
the watagami are fitted with black lacquered iron gyoyo, the
shikoro, the yodarekake, the sode, the kusazuri are in black
lacquered iron kittsuke-zane, with two armour boxes
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