The Charlier and Cortina Collection of Exotic Samurai Helmets and Armour

The Charlier and Cortina Collection of Exotic Samurai Helmets and Armour

The Charlier and Cortina Collection of Exotic Samurai Helmets and Armour

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The Charlier and Cortina Collection of Exotic Samurai Helmets and Armour

21 September - 28 September 2022 • London

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Overview
A wakan-nari kabuto [crown-shaped helmet] | Edo period, 18th century

1. A wakan-nari kabuto [crown-shaped helmet] | Edo period, 18th century

A tokan-nari kabuto [helmet in the form of a Chinese court cap] | Edo period, 17th century

2. A tokan-nari kabuto [helmet in the form of a Chinese court cap] | Edo period, 17th century

A koboshi kabuto [helmet with small standing rivets] and mempo [face mask] | The helmet signed Munetsugu saku (made by Munetsugu) | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

3. A koboshi kabuto [helmet with small standing rivets] and mempo [face mask] | The helmet signed Munetsugu saku (made by Munetsugu) | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

A rare and impressive awabi-nari uchidashi kabuto [a shell-shaped helmet with repoussé] and associated mempo [face mask] | The helmet Momoyama – Edo period, late 16th – early 17th century , the associated mempo later

4. A rare and impressive awabi-nari uchidashi kabuto [a shell-shaped helmet with repoussé] and associated mempo [face mask] | The helmet Momoyama – Edo period, late 16th – early 17th century , the associated mempo later

A kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

5. A kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

A Naruto-nari kabuto [wave-shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

6. A Naruto-nari kabuto [wave-shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

A kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century, with later additions

7. A kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century, with later additions

A Saiga-bachi [Saiga school helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

8. A Saiga-bachi [Saiga school helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

A Ryoei ryubu-style mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

9. A Ryoei ryubu-style mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

A fine Myochin school okina somen [full face mask] | Signed Hiroshima ju Ryoei saku (made by Ryoei, a resident of Hiroshima) | Edo period, 18th century

10. A fine Myochin school okina somen [full face mask] | Signed Hiroshima ju Ryoei saku (made by Ryoei, a resident of Hiroshima) | Edo period, 18th century

A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

11. A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

12. A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

Two mempo [face masks] | Edo period, 18th - 19th century

13. Two mempo [face masks] | Edo period, 18th - 19th century

A hanbo [half mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

14. A hanbo [half mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

A group of eight yari-saya [spear sheaths] | Edo period, 19th century

16. A group of eight yari-saya [spear sheaths] | Edo period, 19th century

A Kodaiji-style sake barrel | Edo period, 17th century

17. A Kodaiji-style sake barrel | Edo period, 17th century