Can anyone tell me a little about my Suji Bachi Kabuto

[Caracal]

Hi

 

Can anyone tell me a little about my Suji Bachi Kabuto. When was it made / age and what are the different details on the  cabuto. Did it belong to a higher ranked samurai? Mon/crest......

 

Grateful for all answers.

 

Robert

[IanB]

Robert,  What you have is a russet lacquered suji kabuto of goshozan shape (higher at the back). I'm not sure how many plates it is made from since the apparent number is modelled with lacquer. On the wide front plate are two gilded shinodare, with one on each side (and probably on the back plate as well, but I cannot see). It is fitted for wakidate or side crests and on the front is a haraidate. Spaced around the bowl are the waisted four standing rivets, shiten no byo over gilded eyelets. It is fitted with an hineno style shikoro , lacquered to look like large scales, iyozane, and had very high quality gilded fukurin around the peak and fukigayeshi. As for age, the gilded fukurin are Edo period, so it has been re-furbished so it is difficult to say when the original bowl was made. 

Ian Bottomley

[Bazza]

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BaZZa.

 

   

[Luc T]

Robert, the kabuto is an edo product, the shinodare and broader plates on the sides are typical for that period. Probably Haruta school, or Odawara region.

Nice old style kabuto!

[Bazza]

Robert et al,

 

With all the cracking it has to me the look of a leather bowl lacquered to resemble plates??  I once had such a kabuto.

 

BaZZa.

[Bugyotsuji]

Stick a magnet on the bowl.

[Jon Masutatsu]

Robert !!

 

You have a very rare and expensive menpo by Zesai !

 

 

Zesai collectors will pay around 16.000 euro for this.                                                  

Well done what a fantastic menpo to match your  kabuto !

 

If you want to find more information about Zesai read Buroway"s book,

 

Jon

[Caracal]

Thank you all for your information,

 

Its a suji bachi kabuto with 16 iron plates, it is a shinodare on back plate as well. Thank you Ian for your reply.

 

Thank you John i shall investigate more about the menpo by Zesai. What can i see that is typical in the work of Zesai.

 

Robert

[Luc T]

the interesting part is the combination of the menpo with this kind of kabuto.  Zesai used this kind of shikoro and tare, bus not this kind of hachi.   if they are born together, then the kabuto dates from around 1700.

[uwe]

Do you refer to the yahazu-gashira iozane, Luc?

[Luc T]

Yep

[Japan2112]

The teeth and overall visage of that menpo is fatastic!

 

I have an 8 plate suji hachi that was laquered to resemble 62 plates.

[Jon Masutatsu]

Robert, this might help.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Armuriers-Japon-XVIe-XVIIIe-si%C3%A8cles-Etude/dp/2840505797

 

https://denverartmuseum.org/article/6-ways-live-samurai

[myochin]

Dear Robert,

This is a very interesting kabuto-menpô set that was designed, as mentioned already, by Noguchi Zesai.

The mask features the peg (otayori) under the lower lip, sparse (pointed) teeth, yadome, the nagashi no ana is probably round, and there is most certainly a cushion on the inside part of the chin.

The helmet has shinodare, soft-matal shiten-no-byô of otayori shape, attachments for wakidate, there is probably red felt under the mabizashi (visor).

 

As Joe mentioned just above, the most recent publication on the subject is written by Mr Robert Burawoy. But please note that there is now a much more recent (2017), corrected and updated version of his book with full colour pictures available here:

http://www.deboccard.com/fr/category/15262-Produit-9782913217379.html

(you can e-mail them as they understand English  info@deboccard.com)

 

Congratulations on your find !

Paul

[Caracal]

Thank you for your help with my kabuto and menpo. I really appreciate it....

 

All the best to you all

 

Robert

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[Chishiki]

Hi.  Can you give more photos of the menpo, front, side and back please.  Much appreciated.  Mark