A SAMURAI ARMOUR

Description:

Japan, Edo period
H. 170 cm
Kabuto with fukigaeshi, iron maebashi and black-lacquered shikoro, held together by blue ribbons. Brown-lacquered menpo with a five-piece yodarekake, lacquered black and mounted with blue ribbons.
Reddish-brown lacquered dô-maru, pair of sode en suite, two iron kote, a haidate and a pair of suneate partly lined with fur.
From an old German Noble family collection
Partly damaged due to age