An impressive full-scale Japanese samurai armor set embodying the dignity and spirit of the warrior class. This commanding yoroi features a striking black-lacquer style finish, elegant lacing work, and a powerful kabuto helmet crowned with dramatic kuwagata crests. The overall appearance conveys the refined yet formidable aesthetics of traditional Japanese martial culture. - 10-plate ‘russet iron’ suji’bachi Kabuto(helmet) with 8 rows of domed rivets. Impressive copper round 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 five-three paulownia crests. - ‘Angry man’-facial mask (resseibô) with beard and 4-tiered ‘itazane’-plate gorget (yodarekake). - Osode (shoulder guards), tôsei-type, constructed with 6 rows of laced slightly arched 'itazane’-plates. - 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 some raised iron points. - Black lacquered dô (cuirass) of the ‘yokohagi okegawa’-type with a gilded Go-san kiri crest (mon) designed at the center of front side. From the cuirass hangs a 7-part of 5-pieces ‘itazane’-plate kusazuri (tassets). - Green silk brocade 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 leather, and the tateage (knee guards) with diamond-shaped lacquered metal pieces. Including matching store-box for a suit-of armour (yoroi’bako). Height with box: approx. 164 cm. Good condition: there are stains, scratches, wear off and some parts show signs of aging due to years of use., and as stated before. the store box is in fair condition, Please look at the photos for a condition reference.