Complete Samurai Armor - Japan - Edo Period (1603–1868)

Complete SAMURAI Armor from Japan
Edo Period (1603–1868)
Iron, lacquer, silk, horsehair, brass, mother-of-pearl

Zunari-style kabuto, riveted hachi, lacquered shikoro with five plates, iron ma-bizashi, maedate in the shape of a gilded crescent moon called tsuki, and keshō inlaid with cherry blossoms in mother-of-pearl; fukigaeshi decorated with the Hotta Mokkō crest within a ring, the Jōmon (main crest) of the Hotta clan of Sano.
Me no shita men-style menpō, with a horsehair mustache, a red-lacquered upper lip, and gilded teeth; mengu composed of three lacquered strips.
Dō in two parts decorated with two kan in bloom, featuring agemaki rings in violet silk; takahimo covered in silk; tateage decorated with the clan’s mon.
Oshitsuke no ita and wakilta decorated as a set
Lacquered iron kote with chiseled tekko featuring sakura (cherry blossoms), the crests of the Koide, Yama-gata, and Yoshida clans; kata-bami, jō-mon (main crest) of the Fuji-tani, Iri-yé, Mat-su-bayashi, Ré-zé, and kaye-mon (secondary crest) of the Shima-zu of Sado-wara; hana-bishi (flower diamond), the jô-mon of the Mi-yoshi clan, and the kaye-mon of the Yanagi-sawa clan of Kôri-yama; engraved with an ura ume-bachi (the reverse side of an ume-bachi), the crest of the Kana-mori clan, and one final crest.
Kusazuri lacquer consisting of five strips, hishinui no ita made of silk.
Haidate with chikara-gawa in brown silk, ieji decorated with floral motifs, and Iyo in lacquered iron. Suneate in black lacquered iron.

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