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AUTHENTIC EDO ERA JAPANESE SAMURAI ARMOUR GUSOKU

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AUTHENTIC EDO ERA JAPANESE SAMURAI ARMOUR GUSOKU
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SET CIRCA 1750-1800 (TETSU KURO URUSHI NURI SANJU-KEN SUJI BACHI TATEHAGI NI-MAI DO GUSOKU) A 30 RIBBED IRON PLATE BLACK LACQUERED HELMET WITH A VERTICAL TWO SECTION CUIRASS ARMOUR SET.

THE CUIRASS IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT MIMICS THE STYLE OF THE POPULAR AND BATTLE-WORTHY FIVE SECTION SENDAI-DOU OR YUKONOSHITA STYLE WHILE BEING OF TWO SECTION CONSTRUCTION. IT FEATURES REMOVABLE SHOULDER STRAPS WHICH IS FAIRLY UNCOMMON FOR A NI-MAI-DOU.

THE ARMOUR COMES WITH A RESSEI-MEN OR FACIAL ARMOUR MASK MADE IN THE AGGRESSIVE/SNARLING FEATURE STYLE WITH A DETACHABLE NOSE COVER PLATE AND BRISTLE MOUSTACHE.

THIS IS AN ENTIRELY MATCHED ALL ORIGINAL GUSOKU, WHERE AS MOST ANTIQUE JAPANSESE ARMOUR SETS ARE COMPOSITE GROUPINGS CREATED FROM VARIOUS COMPONENTS.

AN ARMOUR SET LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE BELONGED TO A SAMURAI OF THE MILITARY EQUIVALENCY OF A MODERN DAY JUNIOR RANK OFFICER, SUCH AS A SECOND OR FULL LIEUTENANT.

ENTIRELY ORIGINAL AND UNRESTORED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HELMET CREST WHICH IS A MODERN REPLACEMENT.

COMES WITH WELL USED PAIR OF HOBNAILED FOUL-WEATHER BOOTS, A SILVER INLAID TESSEN METAL WAR FAN, AND AN ORIGINAL CHAIN-MAIL LINED FABRIC MANCHIRA PROTECTIVE VEST, FRAYED FABRIC COVERED CHAINMAIL GROIN PROTECTOR, LEG WRAPPINGS AND THE ARMOURS ORIGINAL STORAGE CASE (HITSU)