Lot 555 Dα

Armour pieces and Kabuto. 18th century

Ni-mai tachi-do chest guard in kiritsuke kozane with blue lacing and partly covered with deerskin. Five-layer kusazuri. Iron, 62-plate sujibachi kabuto (tetsu shu-iro rokujuni-kan suji kabuto) with five-layer bronze and shakudo tehen no kanemono, three-layer black lacquered shikoro with blue lacing, long fukigaeshi and iron mabizashi, gilt copper maedate in the shape of the sun. Together with both sode. The helmet signed: Joshu ju Saotome Ietada. (4) Signed: Joshu ju Saotome Ietada