**A JAPANESE ARMOUR CASE (GUSOKU BITSU), EDO PERIOD of

leather, lacquer, wood, metals, various fabrics, lacing, signs of age, paint chipping, missing parts, fabric brittle, rest. ("maedate") Helmet bowl ("kabuto bachi") and six-piece neck guard ("shikoro"

Classic Japanese plate armor. Consists of black lacquered metal plates intertwined with blue silk odoshi cords. The menpo face mask with a frozen grimace and bristly mustache is covered with red lacqu

A Japanese gusoku (composite armour), A Japanese gusoku (composite armour), Edo period (1603-1868), to include red lacquer sode (shoulder guards), the eighteen-plate kabuto (helmet) with neck guard, t

TESSHIN A Lacquer-Decorated Kiseruzutsu (Pipe Case) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The muso-zutsu pipe case of woven lacquered paper decorated with two persimmons in colored lacquer and inlaid s

A Japanese bagai (horse armour), A Japanese bagai (horse armour), Edo period (1603-1868), the shirigai, (croup, flank and thighs) covered in gold-textured lacquer, constructed of small square pieces i

A Japanese horse armour cover, A Japanese horse armour cover, Edo period (1603-1868), comprising red lacquered pieces, sewn on to a textile backing, in three sections, 94 x 114cm, 57 x 68cm and 90 x 9

Large bronze mirror with crane emblem in mirror case, Japan, Edo period, late 18th century, bronze casting with polished mirror surface, decorative side with floral ground and round crane emblem(tsuru

Japanese Edo Period Samurai Armour, 5 piece Ni Mai Dou made of iron, laced with leather and silk in sugake style. Nice kumon in brass. Heavy kote (arms) and wonderful blue colour overall. Ken suji kab

Antique Japanese Edo Period Samurai Armour. Exceptional Kote (sleeves) and haidate (pants). Suneate (lower legs) are those of a high-grade samurai. The kabuto, a very nice zunari, has a kebiki high gr

Japanese Samurai Edo Period Armour. Chainmail kabuto, karuta dou, nice red colour. Comes with stand, base and very nice koshirae (no blade). the armour measures 57 inches H the way we have it staged.

Antique, appears to be Edo period Japanese samurai karuta tatami dou: folding portable chest armor. It also has kusazuri (lacquered iron or leather panels which hang from the bottom of the chest armor

Early Edo Period Samurai Armour. Stunning blue color high grade lacing, kebiki. Zunari kabuto with Ooni Devil maedate / helmet decoration, rare red hanpo. Hitsu box. Circa 1650-1700.

(lot of 2) Japanese two-case inro, Edo/Meiji period, reddish brown lacquered with a dragon fly and lotus leaves, signed 'Zeshin" (Shibata Zeshin 1807-1891); together with a brown lacquered three-case

Japanese four-case gilt inro, Edo period, showing a landscape with people in a boat, signed "Kajikawa" (Kajikawa lacquerware artisan family flourished in Edo period) with red seal, 3.75"h x 2 "w

Japanese black lacquered Somada school four-case inro, late Edo period, mother-of-pearl inlay and gilt; front with a tiger gazing at birds in the sky above; reverse with bamboo; small silver pierced o

Edo period dated (1862) child sekku armor. It was made by an armourer (katchushi) for the annual Boys day festival called Tango no sekku. The structure is Hon-Zukuri, which is the same as a regular bi

Momoyama and Edo Periods, late 16th-early 18th century A.D. A complete lacquered Samurai armour comprising: akoda-nari kabuto helmet with itamono-shikoro neck guard, Etchū-bo menpō iron face mas

Japanese Edo Period Samurai Oversized Hitsu / Armour Box. Used to store samurai armour. Backpack style, kamons on side, rare size. 27 inches H x 17 x 17.

Japanese Lacquered Four-Case Inro - Ivory Inlay - Signed - Japanese Edo period gold lacquer four case inro which is signed on the base. Depicts a man with a sword in his belt holding a fan over his he

Early Edo Period Japanese Samurai Armor, Gold Gusoku. As seen in the Samurai Exhibition at Musee Pointe A Calieres in 2012-2013. Covered with Nashiji-Nuri (Japanese Lacquer with Gold Powder), Gold Lea

A RARE AND COMPLETE JAPANESE TATAMI-DO GUSOKU ARMOR Iron, fabric, wood, leather and lacquer Japan, Edo period An impressive and complete armor set – the iron kabuto with five lame shikoro held t

Signed Japanese three-case inro decorated with hiramaki-e and takamaki-e depicting bugs and foliate. Inro is suspended from a woven cord accented by single bead and a signed flat circular lacquered ne

Japanese Kusari Gusoko or Chain Mail armor shirt, Padded linen vest or shirt.

DESCRIPTION: Set of twelve Edo period kiseru ("smoking pipe") cases, each carved out of a stag's horn and crafted with its own designs: five of flowers, foliage, and/or fruits; three of animals (one o