Armoured sleeve of a samurai armour

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.:	52.532.5.1
Type:	weapons and armament; costumes
Date of production:	1821 Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:	Japan

Materials:	brocade; canvas; iron; leather; silk
Dimensions:	Overall height: 161 cm Sleeve: Length: 74 cm Width: 37 cm

It belongs to a samurai armour of the haramaki type under inv. nos 52.532.2-52.532.10, while 52.532.3 is not part of the armour. Dated January 1821 (12th month of 1820) and signed Kacchū ryōkō Myōchin ki Munefusa (maker of armour Munefusa of the Myōchin clan) on the helmet (in Japanese: kabutō).

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