Armor (Gusoku), 16th and 18th centuries, Japanese, Iron, lacquer, silk, gilt copper, H. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm), Armor for Man, This example comes from the armory of Date Yoshimura (1703–1746), daimyo (lord) of Sendai. The helmet bowl, signed Saotome Iye[tada?], dates from the sixteenth century; the remainder of the armor was constructed in the eighteenth century
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Armor, Gusoku, 16th, 18th centuries, Japanese, Iron, lacquer, silk, gilt copper, H, 67 1/2, 171.5 cm, Man, example, comes, armory, Date Yoshimura, 1703–1746, daimyo, lord, Sendai, helmet bowl, signed Saotome, Iye, tada?, dates, sixteenth century, remainder, armor, constructed, eighteenth
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