This is an antique Tatami Kabuto (folding helmet) from the mid-Edo period (circa 1690–1780), certified as Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo by The Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor. It features a tetsusabi-iro urushi finish, a Chō-mon (butterfly crest) on the Fukikaeshi, and gold butterfly Maedate, with chrysanthemum motifs on the Hachimanza and Hachi tsuke no ita.
NihontoWatchEdo
Tatami-gusoku
Kabuto only
Kawari-kabuto
Unsigned
Chō-mon (butterfly crest)
Edo
Heike (Taira), Oda
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.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.
$5,182
This is an antique Tatami Kabuto (folding helmet) from the mid-Edo period (circa 1690–1780), certified as Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo by The Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor. It features a tetsusabi-iro urushi finish, a Chō-mon (butterfly crest) on the Fukikaeshi, and gold butterfly Maedate, with chrysanthemum motifs on the Hachimanza and Hachi tsuke no ita.
NihontoWatchEdo
Tatami-gusoku
Kabuto only
Kawari-kabuto
Unsigned
Chō-mon (butterfly crest)
Edo
Heike (Taira), Oda
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.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.
$5,182