Armor (Gusoku)

Restorer/Conservator Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura Japanese

armor, 18th century; helmet, 16th century; restorations, 2015

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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.

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Title: Armor (Gusoku)
Restorer/Conservator: Helmet crest and restorations by Hiromichi Miura (Japanese, b. 1938)
Date: armor, 18th century; helmet, 16th century; restorations, 2015
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, lacquer, silk, linen, felt, leather, horsehair, doeskin
Dimensions: as mounted, H. 40 in. (101.6 cm); W. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm); D. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm). Wt. 9 lb. 13.2 oz. (4456.5 g)
Classification: Armor for Man
Credit Line: Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018
Object Number: 2018.833.1a–q
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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