Kabuto: Iron Russet-Ground Okitefugi-gata Kabuto

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YS-016

Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors · Show original

Tetsu sabiji oitenugui nari kabuto ( Edo jidai ) This is a type of kawari kabuto called an oitenugui nari kabuto due to its shape, which resembles a folded hand towel placed on top of the head; it is said to have been produced by the Saiga-shu of Kii no Kuni, who possessed high military power during the Sengoku jidai when the primary weapon became the hinawaju. The oitenugui nari kabuto was a kabuto improved to deflect hinawaju bullets toward the rear, and it possessed superior defensive power compared to conventional kabuto. This work joins three iron plates in a ring on both sides, places two iron plates for the teppen on top of them, and at the parts where the iron plates overlap, five large hoshibyo with sharpened heads are powerfully struck into tomotetsu with hanabishi patterns that serve as both reinforcement and decoration. Three large hoshibyo of different sizes are also struck on the sides and rear, providing sturdy reinforcement. At the parts where the six iron plates on both sides and the teppen iron plates overlap, washers are placed on ten marubyo, and they are fastened with large byo. On the mabizashi, eyebrows made of kirigane (iron fragments) unique to Saiga kabuto bachi are struck on, the fukikae feature the kamon of a military family on the left and right, and the shikoro is a tetsu-ji kuro-urushi nuri Hineno godan tsuzuri. The kuwagata of the maedate and the maru ni juumonji mon in the center were previously coated in kinpaku, and the maedatedai and kuwagata are fixed with marubyo. A point worthy of special mention is that while many oitenugui nari kabuto have teppen iron plates that curve into a zu-nari shape toward the rear, this one makes the tenjo teppan linear without curving it, providing a function to improve ventilation inside the kabuto by creating a gap in the rear part; furthermore, the visual effect of making the teppen diagonally linear appears fierce on the battlefield, and it can be called a unique kabuto that also possesses sufficient formative beauty to assert one's presence.