This is a Koshu Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo certified Tosei Gusoku from the early Edo period. The helmet is an iron black lacquer 16-plate Shiinari Kabuto, signed by Haruta Mitsusada, featuring a luxurious shakudo kuwagata-dai and leather-covered fukikaeshi. The nimai-do is constructed with black lacquered honkozane laced with leather and decorated with cherry blossom motifs, accompanied by removable leather kusazuri. It also includes an iron russet menpo, a saihai, and a silk do-himo.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Haruta · Edo
Tosei-gusoku · Nimai-dō
Full gusoku (complete suit)
16-plate · Shii-nari
Haruta
Haruta Mitsusada
Signed · On the kabuto bowl
桜紋
Edo
Kōshū Tokubetsu Kichō Shiryō · Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai
The first-class (kō-grade) of the especially-valuable rank and the society’s second-highest grade, reserved for armour of exceptional importance.
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.
Customer-initiated returns accepted within two days of arrival; return shipping paid by customer and fees non-refundable. Returns/refunds unavailable for overseas deliveries.
This is a Koshu Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo certified Tosei Gusoku from the early Edo period. The helmet is an iron black lacquer 16-plate Shiinari Kabuto, signed by Haruta Mitsusada, featuring a luxurious shakudo kuwagata-dai and leather-covered fukikaeshi. The nimai-do is constructed with black lacquered honkozane laced with leather and decorated with cherry blossom motifs, accompanied by removable leather kusazuri. It also includes an iron russet menpo, a saihai, and a silk do-himo.
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Haruta · Edo
Tosei-gusoku · Nimai-dō
Full gusoku (complete suit)
16-plate · Shii-nari
Haruta
Haruta Mitsusada
Signed · On the kabuto bowl
桜紋
Edo
Kōshū Tokubetsu Kichō Shiryō · Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai
The first-class (kō-grade) of the especially-valuable rank and the society’s second-highest grade, reserved for armour of exceptional importance.
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.
Customer-initiated returns accepted within two days of arrival; return shipping paid by customer and fees non-refundable. Returns/refunds unavailable for overseas deliveries.