The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour

The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour

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The Property of a European Collector

A choshin kabuto [collapsible helmet] and ho-ate [half mask] | Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century

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May 10, 02:20 PM GMT

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The Property of a European Collector

A choshin kabuto [collapsible helmet] and ho-ate [half mask]

Edo period, late 18th - early 19th century


the collapsible helmet comprised of five plates joined with sugake odoshi [spaced-lacing] in blue braid, plain black lacquer mabisashi [peak] and small fukigaeshi [turn backs], four-tiered black lacquer shikoro [neck guard], gilt metal maedate [forecrest] in the form of a stylised crescent moon above crashing waves and stylised barin [iris] leaves, black lacquered ho-ate [half mask], red lacquer interior, three-tiered black lacquer yodaregake [throat protector] laced in matching braid


The bowl to peak: 23 cm., 9 in.

The shikoro to peak: 30 cm., 11¾ in. 

The ho-ate: 16.5 cm., 6½ in. 

For a similar example, see Ian Bottomley and A. P. Hopson, Arms and Armor of the Samurai: The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan, (New Jersey, 1996), pg. 89.