AN IRON KABUTO [HELMET] SIGNED MYOCHIN YOSHINORI, EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY | AN IRON KABUTO AND MEMPO SIGNED MYOCHIN YOSHINORI, EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

of 62 plates with riveted mabisashi [peak], gilt fukurin, the fukigaeshi [turnbacks], decorated in stencilled leather with dragonflies, four-tier shikoro, copper-gilt tehan kanemono, the accompanying half mask (menpo) of the style introduced by Myochin Yoshimichi

- The helmet bowl is in good condition with some slight surface wear, the lacing is worn and there are some chips to the lacquer of the shikoro. - The interior of the mask has old damage to the red lacquer.
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The Myochin familiy seem to have been makers of horse equipment during the Muromachi period and then became armourers in the late 16^th century. In 1680, Myochin Munesuke (1642–c.1731) published a genealogy of the family, the Myochin Rekidai Zokufu with a list of supposed ancestors. From then on, the family flourished forming branch schools in the provinces.