gusoku armor

Samurai armor in Sendai styleKabuto signed: Myochin Ujiie saku and dated August 1527 PERIODMid Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centurySIGNATUREMyochin Ujiie saku EXHIBITIONS"Samurai - Passato e Presente", Novara 2012LITERATUREG.Piva - S. Verrina, Samurai - Passato e Presente, cat. A3, Novara 2012 The helmet (kabuto) of this authentic samurai armor incorporates on an older bowl (bachi) signed by Myochin Ujiie, an armorer documented in the official Myochin genealogies as second son and pupil of the famous Smith Nobuie. Among the typical...

Samurai helmet with standing rivetsHaruta SchoolMomoyama to early Edo Period, 17th Century A 62-plate koboshi-bachi [helmet bowl with small standing rivets] with 31 pointed rivets on each plate decreasing in size towards the top, with the exception of the larger front plate, with three lines of rivets and the small one on the back which is left blank, for a total of 1,953 rivets.The kabuto is fitted with a gold-lacquered five-plates neck protection (shikoro) of hineno style, typical of the period.The tsunomoto riveted on the visor holds a wooden front decoration (maedate)...

Bamen school, Momoyama period, ca. 1600Signature: Echizen (no) Kuni Toyohara-jū Masayuki 越前国豊原住正行Little historical information is available about the Bamen school. Active as early as the end of the Muromachi period (1333-1573) in Echizen province (northwestern Japan) first in Toyohara and later in Maruoka, they began signing their kabuto using the name "Bamen" after they served in the field for Honda Narishige during the 1615 siege of Osaka. Armor production continued until towards the end of the Edo period, when the crisis involving all armorers forced the school's...

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