Armor (Yoroi), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, copper, gold, pigments
Armor (Yoroi), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, leather, silk
An 18th century Japanese suit of armor includes small overlapping iron
plates that are held together by laces. It was made in imitation of
Japanese armor from the 12th–13th centuries.
Armor (Yoroi), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, leather, silk
An 18th century Japanese suit of armor includes small overlapping iron
plates that are held together by laces. It was made in imitation of
Japanese armor from the 12th–13th centuries.
Armor (Yoroi), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
armor: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935; horns (kuwagata): Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, leather, silk
During the eighteenth century, there was a revival of interest in
medieval Japanese culture. As the demand for historical styles of armor
began to increase among the wealthy lords, contemporary armorers studied
the older forms and techniques in order to duplicate them. This example
imitates a yoroi of the twelfth to thirteenth century. It is
characterized by a helmet with prominent rivet heads and a wide, flaring
neck guard and by a large cuirass with a separate panel on the right
side, large square shoulder guards, and a deep four-sided skirt.
Armor (Yoroi), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
armor: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935; horns (kuwagata): Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, lacquer, leather, silk
During the eighteenth century, there was a revival of interest in
medieval Japanese culture. As the demand for historical styles of armor
began to increase among the wealthy lords, contemporary armorers studied
the older forms and techniques in order to duplicate them. This example
imitates a yoroi of the twelfth to thirteenth century. It is
characterized by a helmet with prominent rivet heads and a wide, flaring
neck guard and by a large cuirass with a separate panel on the right
side, large square shoulder guards, and a deep four-sided skirt.
Armor (Yoroi), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Fletcher Fund, 1928
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, gilt copper
Armor (Yoroi), Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor
Fletcher Fund, 1928
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, gilt copper
Archer. About 1880’s,
Japan, by Ogawa,
Isshin. Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art
and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Archer. About 1880’s,
Japan, by Ogawa,
Isshin. Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art
and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Armor (Yoroi), Arms and Armor
Medium: Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, gilt copper
Fletcher Fund, 1928
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY