DATEMomoyama period (1575 - 1615), late 16th centuryMEDIUMGilded iron A gold lacquer helmet of momonari shape. The single-plate shikoro is black lacquered and the original maedate is gilt. The momonari shape (peach-shaped) is inspired by European helmets, specifically designed to deflect the firearms’ bullets.This kind of helmet is well known: they had been made for the campaign of Korea (1592-98) in Kyushu island. The peculiarities of these helmets were that they did not belong to a single soldier but they were...
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Momoyama period, 16th-17th century This unique shape helmet is made of 32 plates joined with wide standing rivets placed near the suji of each plate. The back central plate runs inside the helmet to join each pair of plates at the ridge, fixed with an extra rivet for each joint. At the peak, a sort of beak-shaped element has beed inserted, to design the typical cabasset peak that originated the momonari design. As usual, the direction of the peak is toward the front and not toward the back as seen in the European helmets. Probably due to a combat damage, the kabuto had been restored...
Heianjo NagayoshiSamurai sword with koshire DATEMid Muromachi (ca. 1490)CERTIFICATENBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon TokenNAGASA75.1 cmMOTOHABA2.93cmSAKIHABA1.97 mmMEI Heianjo Nagayoshi (平安城長吉) Heianjo Nagayoshi is a swordmith of the Yamashiro Sanjo school. While it is known that several generations signed with the name Nagayoshi, blades form the earliest ones are all almost lost. This Nagayoshi is the fourth generation, active in Kyoto during the mid Muromachi period; it is likely that he was the teacher of Muramasa. As reported in the NBTHK Token Bijutsu: “Heianjo...
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