A BLACK-LACQUER NERIKAWA SUIT OF ARMOR WITH A HARAMAKI DŌ Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
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A BLACK-LACQUER NERIKAWA SUIT OF ARMOR WITH A HARAMAKI DŌ
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The kawari kabuto of momonari (peach) form of lacquered leather with an iron visor, the wide five-lame shikoro laced in blue with orange and white highlights ending in fukigaeshi adorned with gilt-copper fittings, the iron menpō decorated in Negoro-style lacquer with a five-lame iron yodarekake lacquered black, the maedate formed as the Chinese character Hon, the cuirass of lacquered-leather scales laced in dark blue kebiki style, with purple-laced honkozane sode, the kote iron chainmail with black-lacquered leather forearm plates, matching haidate and suneate, applied with matching stenciled leather to the component parts
With a Kishō Tokubetsu Hozon (Rare Item Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate # 12042148 issued by the Kokusai Nihon Kachū Bugu Shinkō Kyōkai (International Society for the Promotion of Japanese Armor)
Footnotes:
The relatively light weight of this armor, and the fact that there are no tekko (back hand protectors) on the sleeves raises the possibility that it was specially made for a practitioner of naginata (halberd), or possibly for a woman.
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The kawari kabuto of momonari (peach) form of lacquered leather with an iron visor, the wide five-lame shikoro laced in blue with orange and white highlights ending in fukigaeshi adorned with gilt-copper fittings, the iron menpō decorated in Negoro-style lacquer with a five-lame iron yodarekake lacquered black, the maedate formed as the Chinese character Hon, the cuirass of lacquered-leather scales laced in dark blue kebiki style, with purple-laced honkozane sode, the kote iron chainmail with black-lacquered leather forearm plates, matching haidate and suneate, applied with matching stenciled leather to the component parts
With a Kishō Tokubetsu Hozon (Rare Item Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate # 12042148 issued by the Kokusai Nihon Kachū Bugu Shinkō Kyōkai (International Society for the Promotion of Japanese Armor)
Footnotes:
The relatively light weight of this armor, and the fact that there are no tekko (back hand protectors) on the sleeves raises the possibility that it was specially made for a practitioner of naginata (halberd), or possibly for a woman.
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A BLACK-LACQUER NERIKAWA SUIT OF ARMOR WITH A HARAMAKI DŌ Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
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