Torso Defense (<i>Dō</i>) in the <i>Nishiki Zutsumi Nimaidō</i> Style

Medium

Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, bear fur, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>)

Dimensions

as mounted: H. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm); W. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)

Classification

Armor for Man

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1998

Accession Number

1998.16