A KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY SHAPED HELMET) AND A MENPO
EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
Helmet [ kabuto ]:
The lacquered iron chochin-kabuto (lantern-shaped helmet) bowl of four-tiered horizontal-plates with blue-green lacing and three gilt vertical bars, the mabisashi (brim) decorated with dragons in gold lacquer, mounted with a five-tier shibuichi tehen-kanamono (decorative component at the apex of the helmet bowl), with lacquered wood kuwagata-dai (fixture for two gilt horns) supports for the maedate (fore-crest) of lacquered wood inome (boar eyes) crest, lacquered leather horns
Neck guard [ shikoro ]:
The lacquered iron ko-manju-jikoro (neck guard) of five-tiered kiritsuke-zane with sugake-odoshi (loose lacing), applied with large fukigaeshi (turnbacks to the neck-guard) bearing a mon (crest)
Face mask [ menpo ]:
The lacquered tetsusabi-ji (ground of iron rust imitation) ressei style mask with hair moustache, chin tuft and silver teeth, the detachable nose with hinges on both sides, with otayori-no-orekuji (pegs beneath the chin), the four-lame black-lacquered kiritsuke-kozane yodarekake (bibs) laced with kebiki-odoshi (close lacing), decorated with dragons in gold lacquer
Accompanied by a certificate No.23092602 as Kisho Tokubetsu Hozon issued by the Kokusai Nihon Kachu Bugu Shinko Kyokai (International Society for the Promotion of Japanese Armor)