A SUJIBACHI KABUTO (RIDGED HELMET)
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Helmet [ kabuto ]:
A sixty-two-plate russet iron sujikabuto (ridged helmet), with the unusual feature of having hibiki-no-ana (four holes in the sides of a helmet for loop of silk lacing) and shitenno-byo (a single standing rivet placed above the holes), with five-tier tehen-hanamono (decorative component at the apex of the helmet bowl) of copper, shibuichi and gilt, the plain iron plate mabisashi (brim), gilt-bronze maedate (fore-crest) in the shape of sankosho (vajra)
Neck guard [ shikoro ]:
The black lacquered iron itazane kasa-jikoro (solid-plate umbrella-shape neck guard) with blue lacing and orange hishi-nui (cross knotting), the large double fukigaeshi (turn-backs) clad with double dyed leather and applied with gilt edging and sangi-mon family crest
Accompanied by a certificate No.23092597 as Tokubetsu Hozon issued by the Kokusai Nihon Kachu Bugu Shinko Kyokai (International Society for the Promotion of Japanese Armor)