Armour (1) - Japan - 1970-1980, 1980-1990, 1990-2000

An all-matching Japanese red lacquer suit-of-armour (Yoroi) with firm cords, a multicoloured and orange hem and a 2-piece cuirass (kuro’urushinuri kon’ito hi’suso nimaidô tôsei gusoku) featuring kochō kamon家紋(mon): butterfly family crest.

- 8-plate ‘russet iron’ suji’bachi Kabuto (helmet). Impressive copper butterfly maedate (decorative front piece), flanked by horn-shaped kuwagata. Large 4-tiered tehen’no’kanamono (decorative apex fitting), orange silk agemaki (decorative tassel), 3-tiered black lacquer ‘itazane’-plate shikoro (neck guards) and back-bending fukikaeshi (face guards) with brown decorative ‘smoked leather’ borders and fitted with appliques in the shape of a crest depicting a beautiful butterfly within a circle.

- ‘Angry man’-facial mask (resseibô) with gold lacquered teeth and high-quality white beard, and 4-tiered ‘itazane’-plate gorget (yodarekake).

- Sode (shoulder guards), constructed with firm 6 rows of laced slightly arched 'itazane’-plates, each one reinforced and decorated with seven brass fittings.

- Kote (bracer), shino-type, metal pieces connected by Japanese mail (kaushi-gusari); the lower arm with 5 oblong pieces, and the upper arm with three rows of alternating diamond-shaped and oblong plates. Placed over dark brown silk with aplum blossom- and wave design. The elbows with a tiered chrysanthemum (kiku)-shaped protective plate. The hand guards (tekko) are decorated with small matching ‘comma’-crest appliques.

- Red lacquered dô (cuirass) of the ‘yokohagi okegawa’-type with a gilded butterfly crest (mon) designed at both the center of front side and back side. Together with a sturdy cord rings and a single decorative agemaki. From the cuirass hangs a 7-part of 5-pieces ‘itazane’-plate kusazuri (tassets).

- Uwa’obi (waistband) with a floral design. (Wear)

- Haidate (thigh armour) of 4-rows of small lacquered plates with traces of gilding. Placed on en-suite silk with decorative ‘smoked leather’ borders.

- Suneate (shin guards), shino-type, vertical long and thin metal plates connected by Japanese mail placed on matching silk, and the tateage (knee guards) with diamond-shaped lacquered brocade pieces.

Including matching high-quality store-box for a suit-of armour (yoroi’bako) fitted with 'pole carrying'-handles and reinforced by metal hardware. The top and the front decorated with butterfly family crest in gold.

With a wooden stand.

In a very good condition with some traces of wear conform age, and as stated before. Please look at the photos for a condition reference.