Helmet (Hoshi- Kabuto) in the 16th-Century Style

Armorer Inscribed by Saotome Ienari Japanese

probably late 17th–early 18th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 377

The overlapping edges of the iron plates form ridges (suji). Sixty-two of the paltes have star shaped rivets known as hoshi, giving the name of the helmet-bowl type (hoshi-bachi).

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Provenance

Title: Helmet (Hoshi- Kabuto) in the 16th-Century Style
Armorer: Inscribed by Saotome Ienari (Japanese, Gunma Prefecture, active late 17th–early 18th century)
Date: probably late 17th–early 18th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, lacquer, silk
Dimensions: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm); W. 13 in. (33 cm)
Classification: Helmets
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Object Number: 36.120.407a, b
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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