The Watanabe Art Musuem Samurai Armour CollectionVolume I ~ Kabuto & Mengu

aesthetic affixed akoda appearance armour makers armour sets assembled Azuchi-Momoyama period century Circa collectors commonly conventional create crest daimyô decorative Edo period embossed example fabricated face facial armour fact fitted fixtures flange fukigaeshi fukurin gilded copper gusoku hachi tsuke-no-ita han-bô haraidate-dai helmet bowl Hineno-jikoro holes item of men-gu items of armour Japanese armour kabuto-bachi Kaga katchû-shi kawari kabuto kawari-bachi Kebiki odoshi kiri-gane kiritsuke ko-zane koshimaki kuchi kuro urushi nuri lacing lacquer lames large number maedate mask me-no-shita men-pô metal Mid-Edo period mimi momo nari-bachi moulded Muromachi period Myôchin nanban nari-bachi neck guard nerikawa nuri ita mono odayori ore kugi odoshi style odoshi-ge okina overall peak pieces plate produced rawhide ressei rivets russet iron samurai Saotome Sengoku period shape shikoro shinodare smiths Sugake odoshi suji tate suji tate-bachi surface tare tate hagi-no-ita tehen-no-kanamono Tetsu kuro urushi Tetsu sabiji tsuba tsuke mabizashi tsunomoto unique urushi nuri ita wakidate warrior winglets za-boshi