Dō
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1850 - 1899
Materials
Metal, Gilt, Silk, Brocade, Lacquer, Hair, Leather
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328750
Summary
A suit of Samurai armour consisting of a helmet (kabuto), a mask (mempo) with attached throatguard (nodowa), two shoulder guards (stode), a pair of sleeves (kote) a curiass (do), thigh armour (haidate) and shin guards (suneate).
Full description
Purchased from Cheltenham, (29 Portland Street, Wyndham Payne), 31st March 1943 (£6 for 4 dressed figures) Charles Wade notebook 1340945.3 (SNO.MISC.959.3): ,Suit of Armour. Helmet in one piece. The whole suit of plain black lacquer. apron of chain. body horizontal plates a short sword with KUDZUKA. in red & black lacquer sheath. Mask. fr.Cheltenham.', p.94.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.