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An iroiro odoshi ni-mai do gusoku (variegated lacing two-piece cuirass armor)
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
An iroiro odoshi ni-mai do gusoku (variegated lacing two-piece cuirass armor) Edo period (17th century) The armor comprising: Helmet [ kabuto ]: black lacquered sixty-two plate suji bachi (ridged helmet) with signature Nobuie saku , and kao (personal emblem), with date Tenbun sannen sangatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious day in 1534), with gilt shinodare (four sets of pendant arrow shaped decorative pieces), a gilt ring at the rear for an agemaki (decorative silk bow), octagonal cusped gilt hachimanza (decorative surround to aperture at the crown), the cusps divided by piercings with eight different blossoms in relief on a nanako ('fish-roe') ground, with four upper tiers of chrysanthemum profile of gilt, silver and shakudo , the bowl with four hibiki-no-ana (small holes adjacent to protruding rivets with vestiges of textile), mabisashi (brim) with grass pattern around a central section with seaweed pattern, gilt fukuri (edging) engraved with scrolling Neck guard [ shikoro ]: manju shikoro (neck guard) of kebiki-odoshi (close-laced) gold-lacquered shittsuke-zane (plate in semblance of individual lamellae), the lower tier with gilt hasso-gane (decorative metal pierced strips) on which gilt fan and moon mon (family badge), yuen-nari no soeita (cusped gilt fittings) at the ends of the lower tier, with fukigaeshi matching the mabisashi and with gilt mon of fan and moon, kuwagata-dai (fixture for stylized horns) of shakudo pierced and carved with chrysanthemums on a gilt base with two round-headed rivets, central mon, gilt copper kuwagata, maedate (fore crest) of minogami (fabulous turtle with a tail) of wood, black, red, and gold lacquer Face mask [ menpo ]: russet iron ressei style menpo (lower face mask) with red lacquered lips, silvered teeth, and spreading moustache, the nose section detachable, three-tier yodare-kake with mon on the lower tier Cuirass [ nimai-do ]: two-piece cuirass with shittsuke-zane of variegated close lacing of pale green, purple, and blue, two-tier kobire of shittsuke-zane , around the waist with decorative profile, and areas of black lacquered on a polished orange lacquer ground, gilt hasso-kanagu to the mune-ita (upper breast section) and ushiro tate-age (upper section at rear), with gilt ring for the large red agemaki bow, the watagami , with hinged covers fort the connections to the munaita in the form of myoga (Japanese ginger) Sleeves and shoulder guards [ kote and sode ]: sleeves black-lacquered iron shino-gote (splint sleeves), the splints longitudinally corrugated, on the upper arms two black lacquered iron plates with applied gilt flowering plum boughs, chu-sode (medium shoulder guards) matching the other laced components, kusazuri (skirt) of three tasset to front and four to rear five in five tiers, under the central tasset a blue and gold brocade silk pouch with hanabishi (stylized flower) and kotubuki character (longevity) Thigh protector and lower leg guards [ haidate and sune-ate ]: thigh protector an Iyo haidate with rectangular plates lacquered alternatively in black and gold sets of five forming chequered squares, lower leg guards of shino (splint) type matching the sleeves Signal baton [ saihai ]: paper signal baton with red-lacquered haft Gloves [ tebukuro ]: pair of gloves with embossed mon Scabbard supports [ koshi-ita ]: two sword scabbard supports with braid cords Box: in its armour box with paper label 'Lord Yoshitada' , and the Akita Bijutsu Club auction number 7. Documents: various documents relating to the ownership by the daimyo Satake Yoshitake and the purchase of the armour in 1927 in an Akita Art Club auction, illustrated in the catalogue