Suit of Armour in Haramaki Style
Suit of Armour
ca. 1850 (assembled)
ca. 1850 (assembled)
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Suit of armour in haramaki or 'belly-wrapping' style. The haramaki type of armour differed from the oyoroi and domaru in that it fastened at the back, the fastening being usually protected by a narrow back plate (sei-ita); the small tapering shoulder-guards are also typical. The helmet of sixty-two plates with standing rivets, decorated in soft metals with the spatulate ornaments called shinodare, is signed by Ietada, a member of the distinguished Saotome family of armourers who was active in the late sixteenth century. The armour as a whole was probably assembled in the mid-nineteenth century, when there was a vogue for accurate reproductions of earlier styles.
An inscription inside the box which holds this suit records that the armour was made for a member of the Akitsuki family of Takanabe in the southern island of Kyushu. However, the family crest on the box does not match the crest on the fukigaeshi.
An inscription inside the box which holds this suit records that the armour was made for a member of the Akitsuki family of Takanabe in the southern island of Kyushu. However, the family crest on the box does not match the crest on the fukigaeshi.
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Parts | This object consists of 14 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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Title | Suit of Armour in Haramaki Style (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | |
Physical description | Suit of armour of iron, gilded metal, stencilled leather and silk, with black lacquering: stored in a gold and black-lacquered box. |
Marks and inscriptions | Ietada ((Saotome) Ietada; active c.1550.) |
Credit line | Given by Mr H. R. Robinson |
Summary | Suit of armour in haramaki or 'belly-wrapping' style. The haramaki type of armour differed from the oyoroi and domaru in that it fastened at the back, the fastening being usually protected by a narrow back plate (sei-ita); the small tapering shoulder-guards are also typical. The helmet of sixty-two plates with standing rivets, decorated in soft metals with the spatulate ornaments called shinodare, is signed by Ietada, a member of the distinguished Saotome family of armourers who was active in the late sixteenth century. The armour as a whole was probably assembled in the mid-nineteenth century, when there was a vogue for accurate reproductions of earlier styles. An inscription inside the box which holds this suit records that the armour was made for a member of the Akitsuki family of Takanabe in the southern island of Kyushu. However, the family crest on the box does not match the crest on the fukigaeshi. |
Bibliographic reference | Dufty, A R,Exhibition of Japanese ArmourLondon, 1965
p.6, Cat.22 |
Collection | |
Accession number | M.95:1 to 14-1955 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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