Armor (Gusoku)

Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura Japanese

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The breastplate of this armor is overlaid with a tooled, gilded, and painted piece of leather likely imported from Holland, reflecting the growing interest in European culture and goods in Japan in the eighteenth century, and the creative ways in which this interest was manifested in armorers’ art. Decorative European leather, often originally intended as a wall covering, was used to embellish a range of equipment, including sword mountings and equestrian tacks.

Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>), Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura (Japanese, b. 1938), Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, lacquer, silk, linen, felt, leather, horsehair, doeskin, Japanese

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Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>), Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura (Japanese, b. 1938), Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, lacquer, silk, linen, felt, leather, horsehair, doeskin, Japanese
Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>), Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura (Japanese, b. 1938), Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, lacquer, silk, linen, felt, leather, horsehair, doeskin, Japanese
Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>), Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura (Japanese, b. 1938), Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, lacquer, silk, linen, felt, leather, horsehair, doeskin, Japanese
Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>), Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura (Japanese, b. 1938), Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, lacquer, silk, linen, felt, leather, horsehair, doeskin, Japanese
Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>), Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura (Japanese, b. 1938), Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, lacquer, silk, linen, felt, leather, horsehair, doeskin, Japanese

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