Lot 1416 Dα

Red lacquered armour. Nimai-do Gusoku 18th/19th century

Red-lacquered blue-laced armour. Nimai-dô Gusoku with kusazuri, shino kote and shino suneate of red lacquered iron and hito-e kusari, sode and haidate in the same style and of the same colour. 62-plate iron kabuto lacquered dark brown, with 5-plate shikoro and oni-gashira, menpô of ressei type with 4-plate yodarekake in red lacquered iron. Odoshi: blue. Wooden box decorated with the mon of the Shimazu of Kyûshû. 18th/19th century.