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JAPAN - Edo period (1603 - 1868).
Complete samurai armor.
KABUTO with thirty-two wrought-iron blades.
THEHEN NO ANA (top opening) in gilded copper with three steps.
SHIKORO (neck cover) with four steps in black lacquered iron and blue silk braid.
MABI SA SHI (visor) in wrought iron.
FUKIGAESHI (fins) in black-lacquered iron.
WAKIDATE simulating two large gilded horns and MAEDATE in cut copper featuring Fudo Myo-O's Suken straight sword framed by two horns.
MEMPO (samurai half-mask) in wrought iron, pronounced chin, mobile nose, pierced nostrils, horsehair moustache, sweat hole under chin.
YODARE-KAKE (gorgerin) with three steps in wrought iron and light blue silk braid.
TAKAHIMO decorated with the mon of the Naito clan.
DO (breastplate) with six wrought-iron slats and green silk braid.
SODE (shoulder pads) with six black lacquered metal steps and blue silk braiding.
KOTE (arm protectors) in chain mail (oxidation), lacquered iron plates and green silk.
KUSAZURI (skirt) and HAIDATE (shorts) with five rows of metal and green and white silk braiding.
SUNEATE (leggings) in lacquered iron plate, chain, fabric and leather.
Additional photos and details on request.
Sold with a GUSOKU BITSU (carrying cases) in wood and metal reinforcements adorned with a clan mon (wear) and with its presentation stand.
Dimensions of armor in seated position: 156 x 57 x 48 cm.
Notes In Japan, samurai are commemorated every year, and many people and temples keep such armor for generations.
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