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A Japanese Okegawa-Do Tosei Gusoku armour, Meiji period…
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Sydney
Date:
29-Mar-2022
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A Japanese Okegawa-Do Tosei Gusoku armour, Meiji period (1603-1868), 19th century, the eight-plate iron and silk lined suji-bachi kabuto (helmet) with a three-stage tehen kanamono (ornamental ring on topside), on the front, gilt kuwagata-dai supporting a Kirimon (Paulownia) maedate and leather-clad fukigaeshi (turnbacks) and four-plate itazane manju shikoro (rounded neck-guard), the black lacquered ressei menpo (mask with fierce expression) with hair moustache and red pigment on the interior, a four-lame yodarekake (throat guard), o-sode (shoulder guards) of hon kozane, arm guards in the traditional style with vertical plates joined by soft-metal mail, the Do (main trunk armor) in Okegawa Yokohagi-do (bucket shaped cuirass with horizontal construction), the front and the back of the Do with large gold makie-lacquer Tosa Paulownia crest, from the cuirass hangs a six part kusazuri-skirt, the thigh guards (haidate) with vertically laced black metal karuta-plates protect the upper legs with accompanying suneate (iron shin guards), with storage box (yoroibako) also decorated with the Tosa crest.
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