NIMAI D?ARMOR WITH HELMET AND MASK.

Japan. Edo period (1603-1868). Iron; bronze; lacquer; leather; silk. Okegawa tatehagi cuirass (nimai d? covered with leather; gessan with green lacing. Watagami with textile kohire of kikk?brigandine. Shoulder (sode) with six parts. Etch?thigh protection (haidate) with so-gusari chainmail; also shinogote. Helmet zunari kabuto in hineno-form with large fukigaeshi. Five-row shikoro; maedate crescent-shaped; overpainted. Hanb?mask with three-row tare; both lacquered red inside. Condition C. Altered; lacquered and parts replaced.Art trade; Van Ham.