This is an antique Samurai helmet, a Rokujuni Ken Suji Kabuto, from the mid-Edo period (1690-1780). It features 62 riveted iron plates forming its shape and is adorned with a Maru ni Kaga Ume Bachi family crest, associated with the Maeda clan. The helmet comes with a Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo Certificate from The Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor.
NihontoWatchEdo
Kabuto only
62-plate · Suji-bachi
Unsigned
Maru ni Kaga Ume Bachi (Maeda clan crest)
Edo
Maeda
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.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.
$4,171
This is an antique Samurai helmet, a Rokujuni Ken Suji Kabuto, from the mid-Edo period (1690-1780). It features 62 riveted iron plates forming its shape and is adorned with a Maru ni Kaga Ume Bachi family crest, associated with the Maeda clan. The helmet comes with a Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo Certificate from The Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor.
NihontoWatchEdo
Kabuto only
62-plate · Suji-bachi
Unsigned
Maru ni Kaga Ume Bachi (Maeda clan crest)
Edo
Maeda
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.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.
$4,171