Armour (yoroi). 18th century

Armour (yoroi). 18th century

Tetsu kuro urushinuri okegawa nimai do gusoku decorated with the jomon (principal mark) of the Kano family in gold lacquer. Pendant kusazuri each with five plates, haidate with alternate small black and gold lacquered plates, kabuto: 16-plate suji bachi with four-layer tehen no kanamono, three-part and five-layer shikoro, ressei-type menpô with five-layer yodarekake, outside rust-coloured, inside lacquered red, moustache and goatee of animal hair, shino kote, sode of four gold and black lacquered plates attached with blue fabric, shino suneate. Armour box.

Expertise

Certificate of the Nihon Katchu Bugu Kenkyu Hozon Kai, dated showa 52 (1977)