A suji kabuto with 62 plates, Japan, 2nd half of Edo period. Helmet bowl made of flat suji plates with russet iron surface. On the inside the inscription "Kash Ju Mune Iye". Modern four-stepped tehen kanamono and agemaki-no-kan. The mabezashi (visor) also a later replacement, copper fukurin. Five-lame hineno shikoro of kizuke kozane, black lacquered with cornflower blue kebiki binding. Both fukigaeshi of later date with the metal mon of the Ando clan (depicting Mount Fuji). Red silk ukebari (helmet lining) with helmet cord made of hemp. Height 34 cm. With deale,

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