Kabuto Set Of 62 Blades + Mempo Tengu Of A Samurai From The Takeda Clan - Edo Period (1603-1868)

JAPAN - Edo Period (1603-1868). KABUTO composed of 64 wrought iron strips joined by 1792 rivets. THEHEN NO ANA (opening at the top) in finely chased, patinated, and gilded copper with 10 different tiers, one of the tiers forming an openwork sphere enclosing a cylinder decorated with Chinese characters. SHIKORO (neck guard) with three wide tiers in brown lacquered wrought iron and braid of silk and plum leather, the lower and upper tiers decorated with openwork copper plates, finely chased and gilded with chrysanthemum motifs. FUKIGAESHI (small wings) in brown lacquered wrought iron decorated in silver lacquer with the clan mon, the border gilded. MABI SA SHI (visor) in brown lacquered wrought iron, the border gilded. Important MAETATE in lacquered wood with the Takeda clan mon. TENGU-type MEMPO in iron Black lacquered wrought iron. Pronounced chin, nose resembling a movable beak, pierced nostrils, sweat hole under the chin. Red lacquered interior. Two-tiered YODARE-KAKE (Gorgerin) in brown lacquered wrought iron with plum-colored silk and leather braiding. Dimensions: 46 x 49 x 46 cm. Sold with base. Dimensions with base: 62 x 49 x 46 cm.