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Armor (Gusoku)

Armor (Gusoku). Armorer: Helmet bowl signed Saotome Iyetada (Japanese, Edo period, active early-mid-19th century); Breastplate inscribed inside, Myochin Munesuke (Japanese, Edo period, 1688-1735). Culture: Japanese. Dimensions: H. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm). Date: 16th and 18th centuries.
This example comes from the armory of Date Yoshimura (1703-1746), <i>daimyo</i> (lord) of Sendai. The helmet bowl, signed Saotome Iye[tada?], dates from the sixteenth century; the remainder of the armor was constructed in the eighteenth century. The breastplate is inscribed inside with the armorer's name, Myochin Munesuke (1688-1735). The embossed ornament on the solid iron plates is characteristic of the Myochin school.
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Armor (Gusoku)
Armor (Gusoku). Armorer: Helmet bowl signed Saotome Iyetada (Japanese, Edo period, active early-mid-19th century); Breastplate inscribed inside, Myochin Munesuke (Japanese, Edo period, 1688-1735). Culture: Japanese. Dimensions: H. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm). Date: 16th and 18th centuries. This example comes from the armory of Date Yoshimura (1703-1746), daimyo (lord) of Sendai. The helmet bowl, signed Saotome Iye[tada?], dates from the sixteenth century; the remainder of the armor was constructed in the eighteenth century. The breastplate is inscribed inside with the armorer's name, Myochin Munesuke (1688-1735). The embossed ornament on the solid iron plates is characteristic of the Myochin school.
Technique/matériel:
Iron, lacquer, silk, gilt copper
Musée:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Modèle: Non - Propriété: Non
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Taille de l'image:
2555 x 4466 px | 32.6 MB
Taille d'impression:
21.6 x 37.8 cm | 8.5 x 14.9 in (300 dpi)