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A nanban kabuto
Momoyama period (early 17th century)

8 October 2013, 13:00 EDT
New York

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A nanban kabuto

Momoyama period (early 17th century)
The helmet designed in dark greenish brown lacquer in the form of a Spanish cabasset, decorative gilt-copper button finials fittings around the rim, with a cherry blossom tehen fitting, the rear with a special fitting that allows for an ushirodate of white yak hair in a base of gilt copper and decorated with the crest of the Tokugawa family carved in relief

Footnotes

Exhibited:
Tokyo, Itabashi Museum, "Katchu, nishi to higashi/ East meets West: European Armor in Japan, Its History and Influence on the Japanese Counterpart", 2009.7

Published:
Itabashi Museum, ed.Katchu, nishi to higashi/ East meets West: European Armor in Japan, Its History and Influence on the Japanese Counterpart, exh. cat., (Tokyo: 2009), no. 31, pg. 25

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