Complete Samurai Armor Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868) - Late 17th Century

Complete samurai armor
Japan, Edo period (1603–1868)
Late 17th/early 18th century
Iron, lacquer, silk, horsehair

Kawari-type kabuto, tehen chiselled with a stylised chrysanthemum, hachi with twelve suji, shikoro with five blades, maedate in the shape of a golden crescent moon, agemaki in yellow silk, wakidate in antler.
Red lacquered iron mempo; four-piece gorget, horsehair moustache.
Two-piece do covered in red lacquer, oshitsuke no ita and wakilta covered in beige silk decorated with floral motifs, fastening at the side.
Blue-violet silk kote, decorated with houses, floral motifs, red lacquered iron trimmings.
Teko covered in red lacquered iron and decorated with sakura: cherry blossom, main crest of the Yama-gata clan; Kata-bami main crest of the Fuji-tani, Iri-yé, Matsubayashi, Ré-zé clans and secondary crest of the Shima-zu of Sado-wara; Hito-yé ume: a plum blossom, the main crest of the Shira-kawa; Hishi-kage ni kata-bami, the main crest of the Ogi-machi; and finally, a star in a circle.
Kusazuri in lacquered iron composed of five slats.
Haidate with chikara-gawa in brown and beige silk with geometric patterns, Ieji in purple silk with leaf and floral patterns, Iyo with four iron strips covered with lacquer.
Suneate in red lacquer.

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