A KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY SHAPED HELMET) AND A MENPO

Lot 78
21.03.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 78 | A KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY SHAPED HELMET) AND A MENPO
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$ 6 000 – 8 000
A KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY SHAPED HELMET) AND A MENPO

EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)

Helmet [kabuto]:

The lacquered iron chochin-kabuto (lantern-shaped helmet) bowl of four-tiered horizontal-plates with blue-green lacing and three gilt vertical bars, the mabisashi (brim) decorated with dragons in gold lacquer, mounted with a five-tier shibuichi tehen-kanamono (decorative component at the apex of the helmet bowl), with lacquered wood kuwagata-dai (fixture for two gilt horns) supports for the maedate (fore-crest) of lacquered wood inome (boar eyes) crest, lacquered leather horns

Neck guard [shikoro]:

The lacquered iron ko-manju-jikoro (neck guard) of five-tiered kiritsuke-zane with sugake-odoshi (loose lacing), applied with large fukigaeshi (turnbacks to the neck-guard) bearing a mon (crest)

Face mask [menpo]:

The lacquered tetsusabi-ji (ground of iron rust imitation) ressei style mask with hair moustache, chin tuft and silver teeth, the detachable nose with hinges on both sides, with otayori-no-orekuji (pegs beneath the chin), the four-lame black-lacquered kiritsuke-kozane yodarekake (bibs) laced with kebiki-odoshi (close lacing), decorated with dragons in gold lacquer



Accompanied by a certificate No.23092602 as Kisho Tokubetsu Hozon issued by the Kokusai Nihon Kachu Bugu Shinko Kyokai (International Society for the Promotion of Japanese Armor)





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