Lot 553 Dα

Armour. 18th century

Tetsu kuro-urushi kiritsuke-kozane takuboku-ito odoshi go-mai do gusoku with light brown, light blue and orange plaited lacing and five-layer kusazuri, 72-plate hoshi bachi kabuto with four-layer shakudo and gilt bronze tehen no kanemono, maedate in the shape of an oni with large ears and horns, i-geta mon of the Mizoguchi (?) family to the top centre, black lacquered fukigaeshi with the same mon and five-layer shikoro with identical lacing terminating with bear fur. Black lacquered iron ressei menpo with four-layer yodarekake, five-layer sode, kusari kote, kusari haidate and sune-ate. Armour case and stand.