High-ranking Momonari Tobikuchi Kabuto From The Edo Era With Stand

Very rare, old and complete Momonari Tobikuchi Kabuto, with 2 large golden Wakidate, a Maedate, a Shinobi-no-o and Menpo with Yodarekake. This Kabuto would have been worn by dignitaries and warriors of very high rank, who would have followed one another. The Mon of the Tokugawa clan (rather erased and hardly visible), all over the Shikoro, indicate that at the beginning of the Edo period, this Kabuto would probably have been worn by a dignitary and warrior of very high rank of this same clan ( see the photo montage of the digital simulation, bringing a new historical light.

It therefore dates from the middle of the 16th century, the very beginning of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, one of the most developed artistic periods in Japan. Azuchi Momoyama (1573 to 1603), then historical episode at the beginning of Edo, during the reign of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 - 1616). Famous generals like Kuroda Nagamasa 黒, then, Nabeshima Katsushige 鍋 島 勝 茂 or Tachibana Tadashige 立 花 忠 茂, used this type of helmet (War chiefs of Western Japan).