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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 1800-1850 (TETSU SABIJI URUSHI NURI MOMONARI BACHI YOKOHAGI NI-MAI DOU GUSOKU) A RUSSET IRON COLOURED LACQUER FINISHED PEACH-SHAPED HELMET BOWL WITH A HORIZONTAL PLATE TWO SECTION CUIRASS ARMOUR SET.

THIS IS AN ENTIRELY MATCHED, ALL ORIGINAL GUSOKU OR A FULL SET OF ARMOUR, WHICH IS UNUSUAL AS THE VAST MAJORITY OF ANTIQUE JAPANESE ARMOUR SETS ARE COMPOSITE GROUPINGS CREATED FROM VARIOUS COMPONENT PART PIECES FROM SEVERAL UNRELATED ARMOUR SETS.

THE SIMPLE SMOOTH DESIGN OF THIS ARMOUR IS REFLECTIVE OF THE TRUE FIGHTING STYLES OF ARMOUR THAT EVOLVED DURING THE SENGOKU PERIOD CIRCA 1477-1615 WHICH ARE DEVOID OF EXCESSIVE DECORATION OR UNNECESSARY FEATURES.

AN ARMOUR SET LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE BELONGED TO A SAMURAI OF THE MILITARY EQUIVALENCY OF A MODERN DAY CORPORAL OR SERGEANT.

THIS SET INCLUDES AN ORIGINAL FABRIC MANCHIRA PROTECTIVE COAT, WHICH FEATURES CHAIN MAIL COVERED SLEEVES AND SHOULDERS, WHICH IS UNSEEN IN THE IMAGES AS IT IS WORN UNDER THE CUIRASS. IT ALSO INCLUDES ITS ORIGINAL PERIOD HITSU STORAGE CASE AND SENSU WAR FAN.