The Charlier and Cortina Collection of Exotic Samurai Helmets and Armour
21 September - 28 September 2022 • London
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1 A wakan-nari kabuto [crown-shaped helmet] | Edo period, 18th century
2 A tokan-nari kabuto [helmet in the form of a Chinese court cap] | Edo period, 17th 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
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
5 A kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
6 A Naruto-nari kabuto [wave-shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century
7 A kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century, with later additions
8 A Saiga-bachi [Saiga school helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
9 A Ryoei ryubu-style mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th 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
11 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century
12 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century
13 Two mempo [face masks] | Edo period, 18th - 19th century
14 A hanbo [half mask] | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
16 A group of eight yari-saya [spear sheaths] | Edo period, 19th century
17 A Kodaiji-style sake barrel | Edo period, 17th century