Fireman’s Helmet (Kajikabuto) for a Daimyo, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Purchase, Kenneth and Vivian Lam Gift, 2005
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Gilt copper, leather, felt, silk, lacquer
Samurai helmet made in the style of a European morion, 16th century.
These used to bug me.
Changed my mind.
Samurai helmet made in the style of a European morion, 16th century.
These used to bug me.
Changed my mind.
Helmet (Suji-kabuto Akoda-nari), Arms and Armor
Rogers Fund, 1913
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, copper, gold, silk
Helmet (Hoshi-Kabuto) by Iyehisa of Nara, Arms and Armor
Rogers Fund, 1948
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, gilt copper, copper-gold alloy (shakūdo), silver, silk, gilt leather