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Lot 1022
A black lacquer koboshi kabuto Edo period (17th century)
8 October 2013, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$12,500 inc. premium
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A black lacquer koboshi kabuto
Edo period (17th century)
The twenty-eight plate helmet designed in the style of a Kamakura-period helmet, adjusted for use as a modern tosei helmet, fitted with wood wakidate of peonies in gold and silver lacquer, applied with a five-lame shikoro, with wood storage box
The twenty-eight plate helmet designed in the style of a Kamakura-period helmet, adjusted for use as a modern tosei helmet, fitted with wood wakidate of peonies in gold and silver lacquer, applied with a five-lame shikoro, 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. 51
In the late 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) was known to have had replicas made from his extensive collection of antiques to distribute as gifts to loyal retainers. Other daimyo were known to do the same thing. This item is likely a late 16th/17th-century replica of a Kamakura-period hachi for use with modern shikoro and wakidate. An original example of a Kamakura-period hachi nearly identical to this one is in the collection of the Osaka Castle Museum.