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A HONKOZANE NIMAIDO-GUSOKU (ARMOR)

Starting price
$ 35 000
Auction dateClassic
21.03.2023 10:00UTC -04:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
USA, New York
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ID 922472
Lot 82 | A HONKOZANE NIMAIDO-GUSOKU (ARMOR)
A HONKOZANE NIMAIDO-GUSOKU (ARMOR)

MOMOYAMA PERIOD (EARLY 17TH CENTURY)

Helmet [kabuto]:

The sixty-two-plate lacquered iron koboshi bachi (helmet bowl with small standing rivet heads) with elaborate shibuichi and gilt tehen-no-kanamono (metal fixture at the central aperture) of six-tier, the wide mabisashi (brim) hammered with eyebrows and prominent wrinkles, with the maedate (fore-crest) of gilt jyanome-mon (family crest of snake eye)

Neck guard [shikoro]:

The round red lacquered iron solid plates hineno-jikoro of five-tier with orange lacing kebikiodoshi (close-lacing), applied with the small fukigaeshi (turn-backs)

Face mask [menpo]:

The lacquered iron face mask with mustache and detachable nose, applied with two odayori no kugi (cord hook) and ase-nagashi (sweat hole) under the chin, four-tier yodarekake (bib) with matching orange lacing

Cuirass [do]:

The red lacquered iron honkozane nimaido (cuirass) of orange lacing, the munaita (breast portion) and waki-ita (under-arm portions) with gilt lacquer edging, the shoulder section fitted with three-tier kobire (small shoulder pieces) of brigandine, the six kusazuri (skirt) in five tiers of lacquered leather

Sleeves and shoulder guards [kote and sode]:

The lacquered iron oda-gote (sleeves with gourds on chains), the lacquered iron chu-sode (shoulder guards) of shittsukezane (plate in semblance of individual lamellae) laced in orange

Thigh protector and lower leg guards [haidate and sune-ate]:

The shino-haidate (thigh guard) and shino sune-ate (lower leg guards) of red lacquered iron splints

Accessories:

With a wood armor storage chest

Accompanied by a certificate No.23092596 as Tokubetsu hozon issued by the Kokusai Nihon Kachu Bugu Shinko Kyokai (International Society for the Promotion of Japanese Armor)





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Historical era:Edo period
Place of origin:Eastern Asia, Japan
Category:Armor
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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