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JAPAN - EDO Period (1603-1868) Yoroi, Samurai...

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JAPAN - EDO Period (1603-1868) Yoroi, Samurai armour made of black lacquered steel and crimped brass slats, the joints in blue fabric, composed of various elements : Dô, Kote with his Tekkô, Sode, Haidate, Suneate, Mengo lacquered black and red (Missing the muffler) With its Suji Kabuto with thirty-two forged steel slats, probably made by MYOCHIN (Signature not visible in the box of the inner lining), adorned with an inclined half-moon badge. seventeenth century Height of the armour: about 75 cm Small lacquer jumps, a few textile elements replaced