Helmet (<i>Hoshi Kabuto</i>) in the 13th Century Style

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late 17th or early 18th century · Iron, lacquer, gilt copper, leather, silk · Arms and Armor

During the Edo period (1615–1868), there was a conscious revival of medieval armor fashions, and this helmet is an instructive example. It was fashioned in the thirteenth-century style, and it certainly was made to accompany an armor of medieval yoroi fashion. The metal fittings on the helmet include the badge of the Hotta family, daimyo of Sakura.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 17th or early 18th century

Medium

Iron, lacquer, gilt copper, leather, silk

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1917