Cuirass (Haramaki Dō), late 15th–early 16th century, Japanese, Iron, leather, silk, rayskin, lacquer, copper, horn, Armor Parts, Arms and Armor Department founding curator Bashford Dean's three-month trip to Japan in the spring of 1917 resulted in many important acquisitions for the Museum. Among them was this early example of a haramaki, a light, flexible, and close-fitting type of torso armor that opens vertically up the back
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Cuirass, Haramaki Dō, late 15th–early 16th century, Japanese, Iron, leather, silk, rayskin, lacquer, copper, horn, Armor Parts, Arms, Department founding, curator, Bashford, Dean, three-month trip, Japan, spring, 1917 resulted, important acquisitions, Museum, early example, haramaki, light, flexible, close-fitting type, torso armor, opens vertically, up, back
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