Suit of armour
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1800 - 1850
Materials
Brocade, Copper, Gilt, Hair, Iron, Lacquer, Leather, Silk
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328752.1
Summary
Samurai armour. Helmet (kabuto).
Full description
Helmet with low rounded (o-boshi) 32 plate ridged bowl, low gilt tehen-kanamono of 5 stages, leather covered ancient type peak with crest holder and gilt horn socket and original horns.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.