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Backto the mon! Indeed Russ, Sakai is based on "Ken Katabami", but this looks a bit diffrent to me. Thus promted to conduct a brief seach, I stumbeld upon this: Quite close! Hence there is a fair possibility to attribute the armor to the "森川氏" (Morikawa clan)...

Hi Thomas, yes, this kanji can have several readings like “shin”, “onoko”, “tomi” or “omi”. In our case I think “omi” is the pronunciation to go with. BTW, there is indeed a smith “Yoshitomi” around Bunka, but written “義富”…

Small correction: “義臣” (Yoshiomi).

Condition of the lacquer aside, there are signs that it (once) might be not that bad! Without better pictures we can only speculate, though… Despite some notes: It seems the whole armor (haidate missing) is laced with “絵革” (e-gawa = printed leather)? It also seems that munaita, oshitsuke no ita, etc. are covered in “金唐革” (kinkara-gawa = gilded? embossed leather)? Given the fact that armor parts made of nerikawa are not really inferior to its counterparts of iron and the above assumptions are true, we may have a matching armor with at least two somewhat more expensive features. Curious about more pics… @Raouf: the “skirt plating” suspended from the dō is called “kusazuri” (草摺).

Welcome Raouf, at a glance, Edo, although the pics are a bit blurry and not much detail is to spot (which is important to determine the set in terms of age as well as if it is composite or not). Like Colin already stated, the condition is (especially of the urushi) not good. That’s a problem in so far that there is no trained armor restorer in the states (as far as I know) except maybe one…but I think he does not accept orders?! What can be said for the time being is that the helmet is a so called Momonari-kabuto “桃形兜” (peach shaped helmet) sporting a Suigyō maedate “水牛角” (water buffalo horn). The crest on the fukigaeshi of the shikoro is based on “Ken-katabami” (oxalis with old style swords). I can try to narrow it down if you like… There is much more to say, but I prefer to wait for better images!

住 is strange…

Could the third character be “真/眞” as well? Thus we would have “純正真鐡入鍛” ??

Let us play with “校”, which could indeed mean school…

Not sure about the last kanji. The other two seems to be “東清..“.

Might be a name…Hirokazu, Hirotaka or Hiroyasu….?!

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田龍斎義随, Markus has him as Denryūsai in his Meikan, but it might be a typo?!

The second character leaves a strange 永 feeling…🤔

Guess it is “安親作” (Yasuchika saku)…

Hi Marc, haven’t seen this armor before. Seems to be an opulently made haramaki…