AN EBOSHI KABUTO [HELMET] EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY | A LACQUERED EBOSHI-STYLE KABUTO EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY (WITH LATER ADDITIONS)

decorated in black lacquer with two-circular mon, with fukigaeshi [turnbacks] and five-tier itazane shikoro [neckguard], the kuwagata with central lacquered wood maedate of pawlonia [kirimon] iron hanbo [faceguard] black lacquered

Samurai exhibition in the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam (11^th October 2012-24^th March 2013).

Bas J.M. Verberk, Samurai, exhibition in the Wereldmuseum, (Rotterdam, 2012), p. 144.

- Overall in good condition with some cracks to the black lacquer, including on the peak as can be seen in the image - Mempo with old damage to the lacquer.
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