An all-matching Japanese black lacquer suit-of-armour (Yoroi) with firm cords, a blue hem and a 2-piece cuirass featuring a awesome sculptured dragon. - 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. Please look at the photos for a condition reference.