A mempo [face mask] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

A mempo [face mask]

Momoyama - Edo period, late 16^th - early 17^th century

the russet iron mempo [face mask] forged in ryubu style with gentle expression and unwrinkled face, pronounced chin, detachable nose plate, serrated silver lacquer teeth, red lacquer interior, three-tiered yodaregake [throat protector] with kebiki odoshi [close-spaced lacing] in white, yellow and blue braid

17 cm., 6⅝ in. wide