A SAIGA BACHI KABUTO (SAIGA STYLE HELMET BOWL)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED GEISHU SHIN MUNEHARU SAKU (MYOCHIN MUNEHARU)
Helmet [kabuto]: an eight-plate iron saigabachi (saiga style helmet) in zunari (head-shaped) form, the mabisashi (brim) with prominent uchidashi (hammered) eyebrows
Neck guard [shikoro]: the four-tier manju-jikoro (neck guard) and the fukigaeshi (turn-backs) of brown lacquer
Accompanied by a certificate as Kicho Shiyo (valuable material) by the Nihon Katchu Bugu Kenkyu Hozon Kai (Society for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Armor) number 1207 issued on 12 November 2017
A SAIGA BACHI KABUTO (SAIGA STYLE HELMET BOWL)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED GEISHU SHIN MUNEHARU SAKU (MYOCHIN MUNEHARU)
Helmet [kabuto]: an eight-plate iron saigabachi (saiga style helmet) in zunari (head-shaped) form, the mabisashi (brim) with prominent uchidashi (hammered) eyebrows
Neck guard [shikoro]: the four-tier manju-jikoro (neck guard) and the fukigaeshi (turn-backs) of brown lacquer
Accompanied by a certificate as Kicho Shiyo (valuable material) by the Nihon Katchu Bugu Kenkyu Hozon Kai (Society for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Armor) number 1207 issued on 12 November 2017
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