NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThis is a kabuto-hachi made by carefully joining 30 plates of thick, well-forged iron with a fine rust patina. On the exterior, the rivet heads have been filed down, but the haridome-byo can be confirmed from the inside as five points in a single row. The overall shape rises almost vertically, yet retains a slight roundness toward the rear, reminiscent of the akoda-nari style from around the middle of the Muromachi period. Furthermore, the shiten-byo and hibiki-ana positioned slightly toward the lower part of the hachi prove that this is a suji-kabuto from the Muromachi period. Only the kiku-byo head remains of the kasajirushi-no-kan. There is a mei for "Fusanobu" on the gold-leafed interior at the ushiro-shochu, and there is a paper label stating "Myochin Fusanobu, Nobuie deshi Tokichi, Joshu-ju Tenbun goro". It is a well-shaped, tight kabuto with excellent tetsu-aji, and as there are almost no known examples of kabuto with a mei by Fusanobu, it can be called a rare item.
NihontoWatchOffered by Gallery Youyou
Single component
30-plate · Suji-bachi · Akoda-nari
Myochin
Fusanobu
Signed · On the kabuto bowl
Muromachi
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
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