The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour

The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour

The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour

The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour

3 May - 10 May 2023 • London

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Overview
A momonari kabuto [peach-shaped helmet] | Edo period, 18th century

1 A momonari kabuto [peach-shaped helmet] | Edo period, 18th century

A Saiga bachi [Saiga style helmet] | Signed Munemasa saku (made by Munemasa) | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

2 A Saiga bachi [Saiga style helmet] | Signed Munemasa saku (made by Munemasa) | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

A hoshi-bachi [helmet with seated rivets] | Edo period, 18th century

3 A hoshi-bachi [helmet with seated rivets] | Edo period, 18th century

A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

4 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

A koboshi bachi [helmet with small standing rivets] | Edo period, 17th century

5 A koboshi bachi [helmet with small standing rivets] | Edo period, 17th century

A rare and important kawari kabuto [unsually shaped helmet] | Muromachi period, mid-16th century

6 A rare and important kawari kabuto [unsually shaped helmet] | Muromachi period, mid-16th century

A very fine sujibachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Signed Mito Yoshiomi | Edo period, 19th century

7 A very fine sujibachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Signed Mito Yoshiomi | Edo period, 19th century

A suji bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 18th century

8 A suji bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 18th century

A zukin-nari Saiga bachi [cloth hood-shaped Saiga helmet] | Edo period, 17th century

9 A zukin-nari Saiga bachi [cloth hood-shaped Saiga helmet] | Edo period, 17th century

A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 17th century

10 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 17th century

A fine and rare kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] | Edo period, early 17th century

11 A fine and rare kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] | Edo period, early 17th century

A rare toppai-nari kabuto [high-sided helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

12 A rare toppai-nari kabuto [high-sided helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

A Saotome school hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Momoyama period, late 16th century

13 A Saotome school hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Momoyama period, late 16th century

An eboshi-nari kabuto [court cap shaped helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

14 An eboshi-nari kabuto [court cap shaped helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and hanbo [half mask] | The helmet signed Kashu ju Juryo Mitsumasa saku (made by Juryo Mitsumasa, a resident of Kaga Province) | Edo period, 18th century

15 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and hanbo [half mask] | The helmet signed Kashu ju Juryo Mitsumasa saku (made by Juryo Mitsumasa, a resident of Kaga Province) | Edo period, 18th century

A Haruta school suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and ho-ate [half mask] | Muromachi period, 16th century

16 A Haruta school suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and ho-ate [half mask] | Muromachi period, 16th century

A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 18th century

17 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 18th century

A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Signed Joshu ju Saotome Iesada (Saotome Iesada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, early 17th century

18 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Signed Joshu ju Saotome Iesada (Saotome Iesada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, early 17th century

A rare hachi-gane [collapsible helmet] | Signed Saotome Ietada | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

19 A rare hachi-gane [collapsible helmet] | Signed Saotome Ietada | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

A fine so-fukurin suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 18th century

20 A fine so-fukurin suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 18th century

A momonari kabuto [peach-shaped helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

21 A momonari kabuto [peach-shaped helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

22 A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

A jingasa [war hat] | Edo period, 18th - 19th century

23 A jingasa [war hat] | Edo period, 18th - 19th century

An ichimai uchidashi kabuto [single plate helmet with repoussé] | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

24 An ichimai uchidashi kabuto [single plate helmet with repoussé] | Edo - Meiji period, 19th century

A fine somen [full face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

25 A fine somen [full face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

26 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

A Myochin school mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

27 A Myochin school mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

A yoshiryu style mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

28 A yoshiryu style mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

A mempo [face mask] with hinged nanban [European] style nose plate | Edo period, 17th century

29 A mempo [face mask] with hinged nanban [European] style nose plate | Edo period, 17th century

A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

30 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

Kamada Saburodayu Gyomyo (d. 1797) | A Treatise on Our Country's Swordsmiths (Honcho kaji ko), volume 18 | Edo period, late 18th century

31 Kamada Saburodayu Gyomyo (d. 1797) | A Treatise on Our Country's Swordsmiths (Honcho kaji ko), volume 18 | Edo period, late 18th century

A fine honkozane nimai-do warabe gusoku [child's armour] | The helmet and face mask signed Myochin Shikibu Munesuke | Edo period, early 18th century

32 A fine honkozane nimai-do warabe gusoku [child's armour] | The helmet and face mask signed Myochin Shikibu Munesuke | Edo period, early 18th century

A yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Joshu ju Saotome Ienari (Saotome Ienari, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, 18th century

33 A yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Joshu ju Saotome Ienari (Saotome Ienari, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, 18th century

A nanban-do gusoku [armour with European style cuirass] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

34 A nanban-do gusoku [armour with European style cuirass] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

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

35 A byotoji-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th century

A yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Meiji period, late 19th - early 20th century

36 A yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Meiji period, late 19th - early 20th century

An uchidashi gomai-do gusoku [armour with repoussé five-piece cuirass] | Edo period, 18th century

37 An uchidashi gomai-do gusoku [armour with repoussé five-piece cuirass] | Edo period, 18th century

A fine okegawa shichimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Joshu ju Saotome Ietada (Saotome Ietada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, 18th century

38 A fine okegawa shichimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Joshu ju Saotome Ietada (Saotome Ietada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, 18th century

A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Yamashiro kuni Fujiwara Kanehisa | Edo period, 17th century

39 A nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Yamashiro kuni Fujiwara Kanehisa | Edo period, 17th century

A red lacquered tatami gusoku [collapsible armour] | Edo period, 18th century

40 A red lacquered tatami gusoku [collapsible armour] | Edo period, 18th century

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

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

A tatami gusoku [folding armour] | Edo period, 18th century

42 A tatami gusoku [folding armour] | Edo period, 18th century

A Kaga style yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Momoyama period, late 16th - early 17th century

43 A Kaga style yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Momoyama period, late 16th - early 17th century

A honkozane do-maru gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century

44 A honkozane do-maru gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century

A nerikawa gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century

45 A nerikawa gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century

A tsuba | Signed Sekijoken Taizan Motozane and kao [cursive monogram] | Edo period, 19th century

46 A tsuba | Signed Sekijoken Taizan Motozane and kao [cursive monogram] | Edo period, 19th century

A rectangular iron tsuba | Signed Shunmei Hogen (Kono Haruaki, 1785-1859) and kao [cursive monogram] | Edo period, dated Tenpo tsuchinoe bueki sen (carved, chased and engraved in the 9th month 1838)

47 A rectangular iron tsuba | Signed Shunmei Hogen (Kono Haruaki, 1785-1859) and kao [cursive monogram] | Edo period, dated Tenpo tsuchinoe bueki sen (carved, chased and engraved in the 9th month 1838)

A circular iron tsuba | Signed Goto Mitsuyoshi | Edo period, 19th century

48 A circular iron tsuba | Signed Goto Mitsuyoshi | Edo period, 19th century