A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

Armour from an Important Private European Collection

A nimai-do gusoku [armour] 

Edo period, 17^th - 18^th century

the fine one hundred and twenty plate Unkai school iron bowl with raised ridges, terminating in a five-stage tehen kanamono of chrysanthemum form, black leather mabisashi [peak], the fukigaeshi [turnbacks] with applied shakudo ishi-guruma mon [stone wheel crests], the five-tier shikoro [neck guard] of black lacquer and in kebiki odoshi [close-spaced lacing] in blue braid, stylised dear antler maedate [forecrest] and kuwagata, the russet iron mempo with detachable nose plate and broad yak bristle moustache, three-tier yodaregake [throat protector], the leather do [cuirass] hinged in two pieces, with further ishi-gurama mon on black leather, the lower part of the do with stenciled leather bands decorated with ferns in European manner, six-tier sode [shoulder guards], seven tassets of five-tier kusazuri [skirt], the underskirt with lacquered plates, with an armour storage box 

Please note that the wood armour display stand is not included in this lot. An armour stand can be ordered from the department.