Suit of armour
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gilt, Leather, Metal, Silk, Textile
Place of origin
Japan
Collection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328758.1
Summary
Samurai armour: helmet (kabuto).
Full description
Kabuto 62 plate koshozan from 6 stage tehen. Gilt and shakudo.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Signed Myochin Shikubu Ki No Munesuke and dated.