NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThis is an antique samurai armor from the Mid Edo Period, featuring a Suji Kabuto helmet with 62 plates and a Ressei Menpo face guard. The armor includes a Gomai Do cuirass and is adorned with motifs of deer antlers, chrysanthemums, and wild geese. It comes with a Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo certificate from the Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor.
NihontoWatchOffered by Samurai Museum
Tosei-gusoku · Gomai-dō
Full gusoku (complete suit)
62-plate · Suji-bachi
Unsigned
Sugake-odoshi · Kon (dark blue)
deer antlers, chrysanthemum, arabesque, wild goose
Edo
Especially valuable armour of notably superior workmanship and condition, the third of the five ranks.
Japanese armour is not certified by the NBTHK. The Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai (the Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armour), founded in 1961, is the principal body for armour. Its shinsa grades a piece as 資料 (shiryō, "reference material") across five ascending ranks: Hozon, Kichō, Tokubetsu Kichō, Kōshū Tokubetsu Kichō, and the highest, Jūyō Bunka Shiryō. The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.
Returns/exchanges limited to defects caused by shipping (except willful misconduct or gross negligence by the company); customers must contact within 72 hours of receiving the product.
¥1,950,000