Description
A suji-bachi kabuto (helmet)
Edo Period
The bowl of four-two iron plates centered on an elaborate gilt-accented tehen kanamono, with kasajirushiro-no-kan (back loop), vestigial shiten-no-byo and hibiki-no-ana, the blue-laced five-tier black lacquered shikoro with two rows of patterned and gold hishi-nui (cross knots) on the lower plate, black lacquered fukigaeshi with...