This is a complete samurai armor set from the Mid Edo Period (1688-1800), featuring a Nimai Do cuirass and a Hoshi Kabuto helmet. It includes various decorative elements such as the Maru ni Mitsu Jigami mon on the fukikaeshi and an Ayame-mon maedate. The armor comes with a Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo Certificate from the Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor.
NihontoWatchEdo
Tosei-gusoku · Nimai-dō
Full gusoku (complete suit)
Hoshi-bachi · Kawari-kabuto
Unsigned
Kon (dark blue)
Maru ni Mitsu Jigami mon (丸に三ツ地紙紋) on fukikaeshi, Ayame-mon (菖蒲紋, iris crest) on maedate, Umebachi mon (梅鉢紋, plum-blossom crest) on kote
Edo
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.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.
$17,969
This is a complete samurai armor set from the Mid Edo Period (1688-1800), featuring a Nimai Do cuirass and a Hoshi Kabuto helmet. It includes various decorative elements such as the Maru ni Mitsu Jigami mon on the fukikaeshi and an Ayame-mon maedate. The armor comes with a Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo Certificate from the Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor.
NihontoWatchEdo
Tosei-gusoku · Nimai-dō
Full gusoku (complete suit)
Hoshi-bachi · Kawari-kabuto
Unsigned
Kon (dark blue)
Maru ni Mitsu Jigami mon (丸に三ツ地紙紋) on fukikaeshi, Ayame-mon (菖蒲紋, iris crest) on maedate, Umebachi mon (梅鉢紋, plum-blossom crest) on kote
Edo
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.
$17,969