NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo certified item, a tetsu sabiji rokujuni-ken suji kabuto produced in the Edo period. A suji kabuto of luxurious construction featuring a tall kabuto-bachi paired with an imposing maedate, and finished with kin-iroe fukurin. It bears a mei of Saotome Ietada, but the Katchu Bugu Kenkyu Hozon Kai has certified it as Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo with the note "bears the mei."
NihontoWatchOffered by Iida Koendo
Kabuto only
62-plate · Suji-bachi
Saotome
Ietada
Signed · On the kabuto bowl
Edo
Tokubetsu Kichō Shiryō · Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.
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