Samurai helmet "kabuto" , Edo period (1603-1868)

Description

iron, lacquer, lacing, fabric, wood,

Thirty-two-plate “kabuto” with “maedate” in the shape of a thunderbolt “kongo” (ritual instrument and symbol of tantric Buddhism) made of gilded wood. Neck guard (“shikoro”) made of four metal plates (“itamono”), lateral protective elements (“fukigaeshi”) with family “mon”.