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Lot 1021
A fine akoda-nari kabuto and hanbo By Haruta Mitsusada, mid-16th century
8 October 2013, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$11,250 inc. premium
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A fine akoda-nari kabuto and hanbo
By Haruta Mitsusada, mid-16th century
The bulbous helmet constructed from twelve plates riveted together and covered with a layer of heavy black lacquer which has taken on a rich brownish patina, mounted with a four-stage chrysanthemum tehen kanamono and fitted with a four-lame shikoro terminating in small fukigaeshi applied with gilt-metal paulownia crests, signed on the interior in red lacquere Haruta Mitsusada, the unusual maedate designed in paper, wood and gold lacquer as a Shinto priest's baton (shide); the hanbo lacquered to match the helmet and fitted with a three-lame yodarekake
With a Koshu tokubetsu certificate issued by the Nihon Bugu Katchu Kenkyu Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of Japanese Armor) no. 722, dated 1990.3.11; with wood storage box
The bulbous helmet constructed from twelve plates riveted together and covered with a layer of heavy black lacquer which has taken on a rich brownish patina, mounted with a four-stage chrysanthemum tehen kanamono and fitted with a four-lame shikoro terminating in small fukigaeshi applied with gilt-metal paulownia crests, signed on the interior in red lacquere Haruta Mitsusada, the unusual maedate designed in paper, wood and gold lacquer as a Shinto priest's baton (shide); the hanbo lacquered to match the helmet and fitted with a three-lame yodarekake
With a Koshu tokubetsu certificate issued by the Nihon Bugu Katchu Kenkyu Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of Japanese Armor) no. 722, dated 1990.3.11; with wood storage box
Footnotes
Exhibited:
Louisville, The Frazier History Museum, "Samurai, The Flowering of Japan", 2012. 5.12.—9.30
Published:
Andrew Mancabelli and David Pepper, Samurai, The Flowering of Japan, exh. cat., (Louisville, 2012), pg. 30
This helmet is in its original condition, except for the neck guard which was changed at a later date, likely during the late-16th century when the hanbo was added to the configuration. Both of these later additions still retain their original lacing. Haruta Mitsusada was one of the leading masters of the Haruta school and his signed works are rare.