JAPAN, EDO PERIOD NIMAI-DÔ TOSEI GUSOKU ARMOR including : . The two-part hatomune-dô cuirass, inspired by European cuirass breastplates ; . the seven-panel kusazuri skirt made of five blue sugake-odoshi plates with corrugated upper edges, followed by the five-plate sode shoulder pads ; . shino-gote sleeves, consisting of five rows of small plates and one row of large plates joined by a mesh on blue brocade ; . iyo-zane haidate on blue brocade. . suji-bachi kabuto helmet with eighteen iron plates centered on the three-tiered tehen-kanamono; with five-plate shikoro in gold-lacquered kiritsuke-zane, with green lacing. (Accidents and gaps; missing leggings and fukigaeshi)

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