. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . been stated on Page 7, it is more than probablethat these armours were handed over to Charles I when a boy, and werebrought to light on his Restoration, and, their provenance being forgottenafter nearly fifty years, they were classed with all other Oriental examples,as coming from India.^ The head of the figure on which this Armour was mounted (1827-1915) was a portrait of Charles IIby Grinling Gibbons. The buff coat was modern, the boots were cavalry boots [circa 1700), andthe horse furniture and holsters belonged to William III
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . been stated on Page 7, it is more than probablethat these armours were handed over to Charles I when a boy, and werebrought to light on his Restoration, and, their provenance being forgottenafter nearly fifty years, they were classed with all other Oriental examples,as coming from India.^ The head of the figure on which this Armour was mounted (1827-1915) was a portrait of Charles IIby Grinling Gibbons. The buff coat was modern, the boots were cavalry boots [circa 1700), andthe horse furniture and holsters belonged to William III. The Armour is now shown unmountedin a case. ^ Japan was closed to all Europeans except a handful of degraded Dutchmen from 1637 to 1870. I40 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. The helmet (kabuto) consists of a skull-piece, with narrow lames oflacquered steel laced together horizontally to form a neck-guard (shikoro).On the inside is the signature of the maker in red lacquer, IWAI YOZANEMONOF NAMBU. a member of a family of armourers of Northern Japan. The. JAPANESE ARMOUU (H, 127).Sent to James I by the Shotiun. mask (men) has no nose-guard. The body armour (do) consists of longlames of lacquered steel laced together in horizontal bands ;the face of the lames is fashioned to simulate small bonesor quills. At the neck is a horizontal plate of metal lacquered,bearing the owners badge (Ken-Hanabishi,a flower, lozengeand a Chinese sword blade) repeated four times. In thecentre is a small plaque of copper bearing two chrysanthe-mums as buttons. The tassets (kusazuri) form part of thecuirass. The pauldrons (sode), i4iin. wide, are formed of the same materialas the rest of the armour. The greaves (suneate) are of three plates each,with knee-cops of two plates, very skilfully forged to follow the lines of the
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