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EDO PERIOD / EDO PERIOD Armor of nimaidô type, including : the dô cuirass and the seven kusazuri panels in honkozane lacquered in black and laced with black kebiki-odoshi; the sode shoulder pads with six plates of kittsukezane lacquered in gold and laced with black kebiki-odoshi; the kote sleeves in shino-gote type iron mesh, reinforced with black lacquered iron strips and small plates; the haidate thigh guard in iron mesh and small plates on silk brocade; the shino-suneate type leggings, with iron strips on textile. The armor is completed by a kôseizan suji-bachi kabuto type helmet with numerous lamellas, with shikoro with black lacquered kittsukezane plates; and by a hoate type menpo with a red lacquered yodarekake with four black lacquered plates. Japan, Edo period, 18th-early 19th century
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EDO PERIOD / EDO PERIOD Armor of nimaidô type, including : the dô cuirass and the seven kusazuri panels in honkozane lacquered in black and laced with black kebiki-odoshi; the sode shoulder pads with six plates of kittsukezane lacquered in gold and laced with black kebiki-odoshi; the kote sleeves in shino-gote type iron mesh, reinforced with black lacquered iron strips and small plates; the haidate thigh guard in iron mesh and small plates on silk brocade; the shino-suneate type leggings, with iron strips on textile. The armor is completed by a kôseizan suji-bachi kabuto type helmet with numerous lamellas, with shikoro with black lacquered kittsukezane plates; and by a hoate type menpo with a red lacquered yodarekake with four black lacquered plates. Japan, Edo period, 18th-early 19th century
