Lot 633 Dα

Armour (yoroi). 17th century

Tetsu kuro urushi-nuri honkozane kurokawa-odoshi nimai do gusoku. (iron black lacquered true small-scale black leather lacing two-part cuirass armour). Pendant kusazuri each with five plates, haidate of long iron plates with blue lacing, kabuto: 16-plate suji bachi with five-layer tehen no kanamono of shakudo and gilt copper, five-layer shikoro, signed: Haruta Mitsusada. Detailed kuwagata maedate of gilt copper and shakudo with a gold lacquered wood sun in the centre. Iron menpô of ressei type with five-layer yodarekake, inside lacquered red, utsu kote, six-layer sode attached with black leather, suneate. Armour box.