NihontoWatchNihontoWatchAn Excellent original Iron Tetsu Sabiji Samurai Kabuto Certified by the NKBKHK Nintei-sho (認定書) – Certificate Early Edo period (江戶時代前期), wakidate crest modern addendum (脇立は現代補) Iron helmet of the hari-kabuto type featuring a russet finish and made of 32 vertically arranged wavy plates (鉄錆地山道矧板三十二枚張兜) According to the result of the shinsa, we rank this work Tokubetsu-Kichō Shiryō (Especially Precious Reference Piece). October 10, 2021 [Juridical Foundation] NKBKHK [President] Nagata Hitoshi (永田仁志) Certificate Tokubetsu-Kichō No 1910 Reverse: Head of appraisal committee: Takemura Masao + monogram (竹村雅夫) Appraisal committee: Nagata Hitoshi + monogram (永田仁志) Nishioka Fumio + monogram (西岡文夫) Hino Hiroo + monogram (日野廣生) Kanno Shigeo + monogram (菅野茂雄)
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Edo
Tokubetsu Kichō Shiryō · Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.
A$12,500