A nimai yokohagi okegawa do tosei gusoku


Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe 18-plate suji bachi kabuto (helmet) with gilt tehen kanamono, kuwagata dai and kuwagata with a mon maedate, Hineno-style shikoro with fukigaeshi on the top plate; a well-formed menpo (mask) with hair moustache and three-lame yodarekake (throat guard); the two-piece do (chest armour) of horizontal plates riveted together, on the back a gattari and machiuke for a sashimono; shino-gote of plate and mail; haidate; and shino-suneate (shin guards); overall black-lacquered and laced in dark blue sugake-odoshi. (9).