Samurai helmet "kabuto" , Edo period (1603-1868) · Japan · ID: 3048787
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2015)Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
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”.