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Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>)
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Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>)

armor, 18th century; helmet, 16th century; restorations, 2015

Medium

Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, lacquer, silk, linen, felt, leather, horsehair, doeskin

Dimensions

as mounted, H. 40 in. (101.6 cm); W. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm); D. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm). Wt. 9 lb. 13.2 oz. (4456.5 g)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018

Classification

Armor for Man

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Rights

Public Domain

About Hiromichi Miura

1938-05-20– Japanese