Armour - Japan - Circa 1970-1980

Full steel armour made in Japan.
The yoroi has a great Ten-plate hoshi-bachi kabuto-helmet with domed rivets.
The helmet has two neck-guards (shikoro) laced with orange cords. Decorative brown ‘smoked leather’

Accompanying the helmet, is an ‘angry man’-facial mask (resseibô) with a white moustache and a separate nose-piece. Below the mask a lacquered Three-piece ‘itazane’-plate gorget (yodarekake).

Protecting the shoulders is a s black lacquered metal ô’sode with the same coloured cords. The sode have from the sides down and at the back orange silk cords with tassels.

The arms are protected by black lacquer vertical metal pieces connected by Japanese mail over a light brocade.

From the cuirass hangs a laced skirt in six-parts of five-piece kusazuri. Around the waist a brown silk waistband (uwa’obi).

The tube-shaped suneate that protect the lower legs have vertical laced black lacquer metal pieces (do’suneate).

With a square black lacquered store-box for a suit-of armour (yoroi’bako). The front of the store-box decorated with the character mae 前 (“in front”) in gold. The Kanji "Mae" meaning "the first"; in other words: "I, who has priority above others".

In good condition with some light traces of age and wear, Please look at the photos for reference to its condition.

Height with box: approx.: 160 cm.

We include a wooden stand and an explanation how to put this armour on display.

Items are carefully packed and shipped quickly and insured.