Complete Samurai Armor, Iwai School - Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868) - 17th Century

Complete samurai armour, Iwai school
Japan, Edo period (1603-1868)
17th century
Iron, lacquer, silk

Kabuto of the suji-bachi type, tehen chased with foliage motifs, hachi with thirty-two suji, shikoro with three blades, iron mabizashi covered with beige silk decorated with foliage motifs, maedate in the shape of a crescent moon bearing maru ni su-wama, mon of the Tsubo-uchi family.
Ryubu-type mempo, worn by noble men - no wrinkles, bearing mzru ni mitsu uroko, mon of the Hira-no family; gorgerin made of three lacquer strips.
C in two parts covered in black lacquer, oshitsuke no ita and wakilta covered in beige silk decorated with floral motifs, closing at the side.
Kote in navy blue silk, decorated with houses, floral motifs and clouds, lacquer trim.
Kusazuri in textured lacquer made up of five strips, kanmuri ita covered in beige silk decorated with floral motifs.
Brown silk chikara-gawa haidate with geometric motifs, Ieji with foliage and floral motifs, lacquer-covered iron Iyo.
Suneate in black lacquer.

Founded by the famous armourer Iwai Yozaemon, who lived between the Momoyama and early Edo periods, the Iwai school is considered to be one of the oldest schools of armoury in Japan.

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