A JAPANESE SUIT OF ARMOUR
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A JAPANESE SUIT OF ARMOUR EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY) Yoko-hagi Okegawa nimai-do gusoku type, with sixteen-plate sujibachi ridged helmet, butterfly mon on the fukigaeshi [turnbacks], the peak stamped and coloured in the style of Dutch leather with scrolling foliage, black lacquered shikoro [neck guard], the russet iron do [breastplate] with small panels decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e on a black ground with plum blossom 61¼ in. (156 cm.) high including plinth
A JAPANESE SUIT OF ARMOUR
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A JAPANESE SUIT OF ARMOUR EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY) Yoko-hagi Okegawa nimai-do gusoku type, with sixteen-plate sujibachi ridged helmet, butterfly mon on the fukigaeshi [turnbacks], the peak stamped and coloured in the style of Dutch leather with scrolling foliage, black lacquered shikoro [neck guard], the russet iron do [breastplate] with small panels decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e on a black ground with plum blossom 61¼ in. (156 cm.) high including plinth
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