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The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
2 May - 10 May 2022 • London
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1 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Signed Joshu ju Saotome Iesada (Saotome Iesada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, early 17th century
2 A Haruta school suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and ho-ate [half mask] | Muromachi period, 16th century
3 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and a mempo [face mask] | Signed Joshu ju Saotome Ienaga (Saotome Ienaga, a resident of Hitachi province) | Edo period, 17th century
4 A Saotome school hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Momoyama period, late 16th century
5 A Kaga Myochin school zaboshi kabuto [helmet with seated rivets] | Momoyama period, late 16th century
6 An Etchu-nari kabuto [Etchu style helmet] and a Myochin school mempo [face mask] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
7 A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | The helmet signed Soshu ju Ietsugu saku (made by Ietsugu, a resident of Soshu Province) | The mempo signed Myochin Munemoto | Edo period, 18th century
8 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and mempo [face mask] | The helmet signed Saotome Ietsugu The mempo signed Neo Masanobu | Edo period, 17th century
9 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] and hanbo [half mask] | The helmet signed Kashu ju Juryo Mitsumasa saku (made by Juryo Mitsumasa, a resident of Kaga Province) | Edo period, 18th century
10 A suji-bachi [helmet with raised ridges] | Edo period, 18th century
11 A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] | Edo period, 17th century
12 A rare toppai-nari kabuto [high-sided helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century
13 A Haruta school akoda-nari kabuto [helmet] and an Iwai school Etchu-bo mempo [face mask] | Momoyama period, 16th century
14 An eboshi-nari kabuto [court cap shaped helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
15 A Saiga-bachi kabuto [Saiga style helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
16 A rare hachi-gane [collapsible helmet] | Signed Saotome Ietada | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
17 A choshin kabuto [collapsible helmet] and ho-ate [half mask] | Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century
18 A rare toppai-nari kabuto [high-sided helmet] | Edo period, 18th century
19 A mempo [face mask] with hinged nanban [European] style nose plate | Edo period, 17th century
20 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century
21 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century
22 A Myochin school mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century
23 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century
24 A yoshiryu style mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century
25 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century
26 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century
27 A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century
28 A rare tanuki ho-ate [half mask] | Edo period, 18th century
29 A hanbo [half mask] | Momoyama period, late 16th century
30 A honkozane do-maru gusoku [armour] | The helmet and mempo signed Nakahachiman Yoshikazu kore wo tsukuru (made by Nakahachiman Yoshikazu) | Edo period, the helmet dated Kaei rokunen mizunoto-ushi gogatsu kichijitsu (an auspicous day in the 5th month of the Water Ox [50th term of the sexagenary cycle], 1853)
31 A jinbaori [armour surcoat] | Edo period, 19th century
32 A kajibanten [fireman's jacket] | Edo period, 19th century
33 A pair of abumi [stirrups] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
34 A fine bamen [chamfron] | Edo period, 19th century
35 A fine umiari suikan-gura [riding saddle with double register pommel] and a pair of abumi [stirrups] | Muromachi period, 16th century | The lacquer decoration Edo period, 19th century
36 A rare and impressive nanban kabuto [European style helmet] and mempo [face mask] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
37 A nanban-do gusoku [armour with European style cuirass] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
38 A yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour] | The helmet signed Joshu ju Saotome Ienari (Saotome Ienari, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, 18th century
40 A Sendai style go-mai tateage-do gusoku [armour with cuirass in five vertical sections] | Edo period, 19th century
41 A byotoji-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 17th century
42 A fine honkozane maru-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century
43 A fine dangae okegawa nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th century - early 17th century
44 A fine Yoshitsune-gote do-maru gusoku [armour] | The mempo signed Hirosaki ju Myochin Ki no Munekata Moriyoshi saku (made by Myochin Ki Munekata Moriyoshi, a resident of Hirosaki) | Edo period, 18th - 19th century
45 A fine and rare Wakisaka nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th century - early 17th century
46 An iroiro-odoshi honkozane nimai-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century
47 A do-maru gusoku [armour] | The cuirass Muromachi period, 15th century | The other components, Edo period, 17th century
48 A byotoji yokohagi-do gusoku [armour] | Edo period, 18th century
49 A tatami gusoku [folding armour] | Edo period, 18th century