Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>)

Medium

Iron, lacquer, gold, silver, copper alloy, leather, silk

Dimensions

as mounted: H. 54 1/2 in. (138.4 cm); W. 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); D. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)

Classification

Armor for Man

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

armor: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914; helmet horns (kuwagata): Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935

Accession Number

14.100.171a, d–s; 36.25.164c, d