A HONKOZANE NIMAIDO-GUSOKU (ARMOR)
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (EARLY 17TH CENTURY)
Helmet [ kabuto ]:
The sixty-two-plate lacquered iron koboshi bachi (helmet bowl with small standing rivet heads) with elaborate shibuichi and gilt tehen-no-kanamono (metal fixture at the central aperture) of six-tier, the wide mabisashi (brim) hammered with eyebrows and prominent wrinkles, with the maedate (fore-crest) of gilt jyanome-mon (family crest of snake eye)
Neck guard [ shikoro ]:
The round red lacquered iron solid plates hineno-jikoro of five-tier with orange lacing kebikiodoshi (close-lacing), applied with the small fukigaeshi (turn-backs)
Face mask [ menpo ]:
The lacquered iron face mask with mustache and detachable nose, applied with two odayori no kugi (cord hook) and ase-nagashi (sweat hole) under the chin, four-tier yodarekake (bib) with matching orange lacing
Cuirass [ do ]:
The red lacquered iron honkozane nimaido (cuirass) of orange lacing, the munaita (breast portion) and waki-ita (under-arm portions) with gilt lacquer edging, the shoulder section fitted with three-tier kobire (small shoulder pieces) of brigandine, the six kusazuri (skirt) in five tiers of lacquered leather
Sleeves and shoulder guards [ kote and sode ]:
The lacquered iron oda-gote (sleeves with gourds on chains), the lacquered iron chu-sode (shoulder guards) of shittsukezane (plate in semblance of individual lamellae) laced in orange
Thigh protector and lower leg guards [ haidate and sune-ate ]:
The shino-haidate (thigh guard) and shino sune-ate (lower leg guards) of red lacquered iron splints
Accessories :
With a wood armor storage chest
Accompanied by a certificate No.23092596 as Tokubetsu hozon issued by the Kokusai Nihon Kachu Bugu Shinko Kyokai (International Society for the Promotion of Japanese Armor)