Seven Menpo

Seven Menpo
Edo Period (17th-19th Century)
Comprising a red-lacquered tengu [long-nosed winged forest goblin] somen [full face guard] with detachable beaked nose, four-tiered blue-laced iron band yodarekake [bib]; a russet iron menpo with four-tier black-lacquered kittsukezane [plate simulating linked scales] yodare-kake; an iron menpo with detachable nose, bushy moustache, chin tuft, blue-laced three-tier shittsukezane yodare-kake [bib]; a russet iron menpo with detachable nose, gilt teeth, three tier yodare-kake [bib]; a black lacquered inro menpo with moustache, four-tier iron sheet yodarekake [bib]; a black lacquered iron menpo with four-tier lacquered leather-clad yodarekake [bib] with green lacing; and an iron eagle-nosed menpo
Each approx. 22cm. high (7)