Suit of armour
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1850 - 1899
Materials
Iron, lacquer, hemp, silk, leather, animal hair, gold
Place of origin
Japan
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328750
Summary
Suit of samurai armour, Japanese, consisting of a helmet (kabuto) with a neck guard (shikoro) turned back at the front (fukikaeshi), a half mask (menpō) with attached throat guard (nodowa), shoulder guards (sode), sleeves (kote), a cuirass (dō), thigh guards (haidate) and shin guards (suneate).
Full description
Charles Wade notebook 379 The Green Room (1340945.3; SNO.MISC.959.3), p. 94: ‘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.'
Provenance
Purchased by Charles Paget Wade (1883–1956) from Wyndham Payne, 29 Portland Street, Cheltenham, 31 March 1943 (£6 for four dressed figures). Given to the National Trust by Charles Paget Wade with Snowshill Manor, 1951.