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Suit of Armor in Gusoku Style

Suit of Armor in Gusoku Style
Red-lacquered iron plates with light green silk lacing
With cuirass in nuinobe-nimaido style
Edo period, 18-19th century
Gift of Yagihara Family

This suit was owned by the Yagihara clan, a hanshi family serving the Hikone domain. The front of the helmet sports a tentsuki, an ornamental feature common to surviving examples of armor owned by Hikone hanshi.

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