A JAPANESE SUJIBACHI KABUTO HELMET BY HARUTA KATSUSADA

A JAPANESE SUJIBACHI KABUTO HELMET BY HARUTA KATSUSADA

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The helmet made up of sixty-two plates and the iron mabisashi fitted with five rivets shaped as flowerheads and a twisted band to the edge; the tehen kanamono made up of five rings of mixed metals; the iron Hineno jikoro of kiritsuke kozane; lacquered in black and laced in blue kebiki odoshi, the fukigaeshi in russet iron with a twisted rope edge and gilt suhama crests; signed Haruta Katsusada saku; the 19th century associated maedate shaped as a silvered moon disc; with Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo (Especially Precious Reference Piece) certificate no.1547 issued by the Nihon Katchu Bugu Kenkyu Honzonkai (The Society for the Study and Preservation of Japanese Armour), dated 21st November 2010, together with a wood stand, 35cm. (3)

Provenance: from a private European collection.

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The Haruta School emerged in the Muromachi period (1333-1573) in Nara and developed in Kyoto, Edo and in other areas around Japan. The best Haruta School helmets were made as diplomatic gifts. Haruta Katsusada was a famous armour-maker of the Edo period (18th century) ranked jojo who made elegant helmets in Saotome style.