Daimyo Samurai Complete Armour - Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)
Complete daimyō-style samurai armour
Japan
Edo period (1603–1868)
17th century
Iron, lacquer, silk, horsehair, brass
Suji-style kabuto, tehen engraved with a stylised chrysanthemum, hachi featuring thirty suji, lacquered leather shikoro with three blades, iron mabizashi with three rivets, red silk agemaki, maedate in the shape of a crescent moon known as tsuki, gilded, bearing the Okudaira family crest; kuwagata in the shape of a stylised horn.
Me no shita men-style mempo, with a horsehair moustache, red-lacquered upper lip and gilded teeth; mengu composed of two lacquered strips.
Two-part do decorated with two chrysanthemums with rings, takahimo covered in silk and adorned with age-ha no chô (butterfly with raised wings) – jô-mon (main crest) of the Taira clan, Ikea-da of Fuku-moto, Kata-no, Naga-tani, Shi-ba, Tani, Tsuchi-mi-kado; kaye-mon (secondary crest) of the O-ta of Ten-dô of Kashiwa-bara, of Shiba-mura and of Yagi-moto and Séki.
Oshitsuke no ita and wakilta decorated as a set
Beige silk kote with chiselled tekko of hito-yé ume (plum blossom), jô-mon of the Soya-shima; lacquered iron shino.
Lacquered kusazuri consisting of six panels, silk hishinui no ita.
Haidate with chikara-gawa in patterned beige and blue silk, ieji decorated with clouds and the dragon Ryū, Iyo in lacquered iron with four panels.
Suneate in black lacquered iron.
The daimyō (大名, literally ‘great name’) is a Japanese title of nobility referring to the principal provincial lords from the warrior class, who governed Japan under the authority of the shogun during the Muromachi (1336–1573) and Edo (1603–1868) periods.
Similar items can be found at the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Kyoto and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ref.: 6569
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
Japan
Edo period (1603–1868)
17th century
Iron, lacquer, silk, horsehair, brass
Suji-style kabuto, tehen engraved with a stylised chrysanthemum, hachi featuring thirty suji, lacquered leather shikoro with three blades, iron mabizashi with three rivets, red silk agemaki, maedate in the shape of a crescent moon known as tsuki, gilded, bearing the Okudaira family crest; kuwagata in the shape of a stylised horn.
Me no shita men-style mempo, with a horsehair moustache, red-lacquered upper lip and gilded teeth; mengu composed of two lacquered strips.
Two-part do decorated with two chrysanthemums with rings, takahimo covered in silk and adorned with age-ha no chô (butterfly with raised wings) – jô-mon (main crest) of the Taira clan, Ikea-da of Fuku-moto, Kata-no, Naga-tani, Shi-ba, Tani, Tsuchi-mi-kado; kaye-mon (secondary crest) of the O-ta of Ten-dô of Kashiwa-bara, of Shiba-mura and of Yagi-moto and Séki.
Oshitsuke no ita and wakilta decorated as a set
Beige silk kote with chiselled tekko of hito-yé ume (plum blossom), jô-mon of the Soya-shima; lacquered iron shino.
Lacquered kusazuri consisting of six panels, silk hishinui no ita.
Haidate with chikara-gawa in patterned beige and blue silk, ieji decorated with clouds and the dragon Ryū, Iyo in lacquered iron with four panels.
Suneate in black lacquered iron.
The daimyō (大名, literally ‘great name’) is a Japanese title of nobility referring to the principal provincial lords from the warrior class, who governed Japan under the authority of the shogun during the Muromachi (1336–1573) and Edo (1603–1868) periods.
Similar items can be found at the Tokyo National Museum, the National Museum of Kyoto and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ref.: 6569
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
32 000 €
Period: 17th century
Style: Asian art
Condition: Excellent condition
Reference (ID): 1736506
Availability: In stock
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