Detail View: The AMICA Library: Armor (Gusoku)

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.14.100.172
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Name-CRT: 
Japanese
Title: 
Armor (Gusoku)
Title Type: 
Object name
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
16th and 18th centuries
Creation Start Date: 
1500
Creation End Date: 
1599
Materials and Techniques: 
Lacquered iron, mail, silk, copper-gilt
Classification Term: 
Armors
Style or Period: 
Edo Period
Dimensions: 
H. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
14.100.172
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914
Rights: 
Context: 

This armor comes from the armory of Daté Yoshimura (1703-1746), daimyo of Sendai. The helmet bowl, signed Saotome Iye, dates from the sixteenth century; the remainder of the armor was constructed in the eighteenth century. The breastplate is inscribed inside with the armorer's name, Myochin Munesuke (1688-1735). The embossed ornament on the solid iron plates is characteristic of the Myochin school.

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