AN O-YOROI (`GREAT HARNESS`) SUIT OF ARMOR Japan, late Edo period (1615-1868) The components lacquered gold and laced in blue, yellow, and orange, and mounted with gilt chrysanthemum-form kanamono. The armor comprising an iron sujibachi kabuto (helmet) with a 62-plate hachi mounted at the top with a partly gilt tiered chrysanthemum-form tehen kanamono, a loose-ring fitting suspending a red silk cord, with a five-lame shikoro, the lacquered fukigaeshi with lozenge designs, the mabizashi with raised geometric design and mounted with a gilt-metal maedate in the form of a ghost; a roughly textured black-lacquered menpo (mask) with facial hair and a three-lame yodare-kake; a brown-lacquered do (cuirass) with roughly textured black-lacquered sections similar to the menpo; two sode (shoulder guards) divided into a three-lame above a seven-lame section; two kote (sleeves) and tekko (gloves) with kusari and floral iron fittings over black textile decorated with tama pearls; two suneate (shin guards) with dark-brown lacquer and kusari over similar textile; and seven sections of five-lame kusazuri. Condition: Very good condition with some wear, minor nicks, small losses, age cracks, flaking and small losses to lacquer, light scratches. Provenance: Dutch collection. With a wood storage box.