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I had a quick look, but unfortunately no exact match for both. In case of the bamboo mon I guess there might be a little bit artistical freedom involved... For the second one I couldn't get any closer as seen below: So maybe "武冨" (Taketomi clan, Bungo province)??

I’ll try to figure out something about your two mon!

Hi and welcome Harvey! The pic is indeed out of focus and hard to decipher. My first intention was “両原兼正“ but couldn’t find any reference. So I think I’m wrong…

Yep, “長州住友之” ( Chōshū jū Tomoyuki)…

Not bad for a repro! It’s easy with the sode. You only have to make sure that the kōgai kanamono (ornamental plate at the back center) actually pointing backwards. The only problem is that you have ō-sode attached, so you can’t fasten the cord/ cords on the back of the dō because the agemaki no kan is missing (a device on the upper back of the dō).

Quite nice Alex 👍 Two remarks. One gyoyo is missing and the sode are wrongly attached!

Unfortunately the images are a bit blurry. Can you provide some more detailed pictures please? For the time being, the whole doesn’t look very old to me. Also the embossing of the dō lacks quality…

The one above is called “Migi mitsudomoe” (three right oriented tomoe). The two below are might be “Maru ni karabana” (Chinese flower in a ring)…

That’s a good question, John! Jingasa are the often overlooked stepchildren of the armor family, maybe except the very shiny ones of high quality… Although l guess a lot of collectors will have one or two in their collection, very little was written about the subject. Unfortunately, it seems that I can’t answer your question due to the lack of references. I would be happy to learn whether there is a serious publication dealing with this?! BTW, the second picture looks like a leather piece reinforced with iron parts???

Hi Gary, I think you can’t assign this armor as a lump sum to a certain school. Maybe the individual parts like the helmet, the mask or the kote?! Usually most armors are assembled from parts of different workshops/ schools. The Iwai were known as skilled in this field. On the other hand, there are also exceptions out there. Gusoku which allow conclusions to be drawn about the school or craftsmen…

Guess you are right 👍

Still struggling with the “Mitsu” part on the right…

It might be “吉岡因幡介” (Yoshioka Inaba no Suke).

“奈良利光” (Nara Toshimitsu + kao).

Seems to start with “服部…and ends with…吉謹作” Too late for the middle part this evening 😴