MAKE A MEME View Large Image Saotome Hidetama - Helmet ("Kabuto") - Walters 51625.jpg Hoshi-bachi kabuto Helmets of this shape were inspired by European helmets This example suggests a snow capped Mt Fuji It has 65 plates and pointed rivets; the metal bars wakidate ...
View Original:Saotome_Hidetama_-_Helmet_("Kabuto")_-_Walters_51625.jpg (1422x1800)
Download: Original    Medium    Small Thumb
Courtesy of:commons.wikimedia.org More Like This
Keywords: Saotome Hidetama - Helmet ("Kabuto") - Walters 51625.jpg Hoshi-bachi kabuto Helmets of this shape were inspired by European helmets This example suggests a snow capped Mt Fuji It has 65 plates and pointed rivets; the metal bars wakidate tsunamoto at either side were for attaching wakidate a type of helmet crest The helmet has an inscription by Myochin Munesuke 1642-1735 or a follower spuriously dating it to 1186 late Other date century 16 Momoyama iron with lacquer cm 22 2 accession number 51 625 5000 Bunkio Matsuki Bunkio Matsuki Sale A A Gallery Feb 10 1906 no 269 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1906 Transcription Inscribed Bunji ni hei nen Masuda Izumo no Kami Myochin ki Munesuke tsukuru; Translation Inscribed Made by Munesuke of the family guild known as Masuda under the Lord of Izumo in 1186 spurious place of origin Hitachi Province Japan Walters Art Museum license Maedate tsunamoto Nambam kabuto Kawari kabuto Hoshi-bachi kabuto Wakidate tsunamoto Saotome Hidetama
Terms of Use   Search of the Day