Iron, leather, alloys, fabric and diverse materials. Japan, Edo period

Very impressive. Including a helmet, kabuto, and the top with a rosette in the form of a kiku (chrysanthemum), on the back an orange agemaki. The facemask mempo is made of iron with horsehair moustache and four lame yodare-kake (throat guards). The shoulder pads sode are crafted of six strips connected by fabric bands. The other parts of the armor are: the chest-piece, do, the front of which is decorated with an Akechi clan crest, the kusazuri; the shoulder-guards, called sode; the forearm-guards, kote, made of silk and featuring chains and buckles, attached to which are the handguards, made of cloth and thin iron; haidate and Sune-ate, the thigh-coverings and shin-guards also with brocade and chains. The shoes of iron with gilt decoration. With a box.

Condition: This set of armor is almost entirely complete, with signs of aging appropriate for its age and use; the box with damaged corners
Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection

HEIGHT 145 CM