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Armor (Gusoku)

Armor (Gusoku). Armorer: Helmet signed by Bamen Tomotsugu (Japanese, Eichizan province, Toyohara, active 18th century). Culture: Japanese, Toyohara, Eichizan province. Dimensions: as mounted, H. 58 5/8 in. (148.8 cm); W. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm). Date: 18th century. The workmanship of this armor and its materials are of the highest quality. It features a <i>kusazuri</i> (skirt) with an extremely rare color scheme of silk lacings in red, yellowish-green, black, and white. The <i>mon</i> (heraldic badge), in the form of three whirling commas (<i>mitsudomoe mon</i>), is that of the Okabe family, feudal lords of Kishiwada (present day Kishiwada City in Osaka Prefecture). The armor is signed on the inside of the helmet: <i>Eichizan no Kuni Toyohara ju Bamen Tomotsugu Saku</i> (Bamen Tomotsugu living in Eichizan province, Toyohara village). Bamen Tomotsugu was the leading armorer of the Bamen school in the eighteenth century. Complete armors signed by him are extremely rare.
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Title:
Armor (Gusoku)
Caption:
Armor (Gusoku). Armorer: Helmet signed by Bamen Tomotsugu (Japanese, Eichizan province, Toyohara, active 18th century). Culture: Japanese, Toyohara, Eichizan province. Dimensions: as mounted, H. 58 5/8 in. (148.8 cm); W. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm). Date: 18th century. The workmanship of this armor and its materials are of the highest quality. It features a kusazuri (skirt) with an extremely rare color scheme of silk lacings in red, yellowish-green, black, and white. The mon (heraldic badge), in the form of three whirling commas (mitsudomoe mon), is that of the Okabe family, feudal lords of Kishiwada (present day Kishiwada City in Osaka Prefecture). The armor is signed on the inside of the helmet: Eichizan no Kuni Toyohara ju Bamen Tomotsugu Saku (Bamen Tomotsugu living in Eichizan province, Toyohara village). Bamen Tomotsugu was the leading armorer of the Bamen school in the eighteenth century. Complete armors signed by him are extremely rare.
Technique/material:
Iron, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudo), silver, silk, horse hair, ivory
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3276 x 4094 px | 38.4 MB
Print size:
27.7 x 34.7 cm | 10.9 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
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