Tengu1957 Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 Could not remember if I had ever posted other than the one Katchu. This is an Edo jidai armor with signed Kabuto and Menpo by Naguchi Zesai Trap door in Do and medicine compartments in the Kote. Mon can not be found. 1 1 Quote
Luc T Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 Gary, here you have a armor with a long and interesting history. Did you read the study by mr Robert Burawoy? Quote
Tengu1957 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Report Posted October 23, 2020 No I have not read it , would you please share it with us. Quote
Luc T Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 It is in French, is that no problem? Quote
Tengu1957 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Report Posted October 23, 2020 Not if your in France or Louisiana but since I'm in North Carolina it would not be possible. Could you give us a brief summary ? Quote
uwe Posted October 23, 2020 Report Posted October 23, 2020 May I have a close up of the mon, Gary? Quote
Tengu1957 Posted October 23, 2020 Author Report Posted October 23, 2020 If you tap on the image you can expand it. I'm not at home right now. Mr. Bottomley said there was a Kabuto at the Tower collection with the same Mon and they could not find it either. Quote
uwe Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 Ok, looks like “tsuta” on “jigami” (Ivy on a fan paper)! I’ve just received a huge mon book (about 1300 pages) and by chance found your mon. As soon as I know how to handle it, I can give it a try, if you like..... Quote
Laurent in France Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 I Don t find mon I was looking In the Satake family and variants but no I Don t think... Quote
Tengu1957 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Report Posted October 24, 2020 Uwe, if you can find the Mon I would appreciate it very much. It would be interesting to understand who owned it. Thank you Quote
uwe Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 In advance Gary! "Chû kage jigami ni tsuta" (no warranty) Admittedly, the quality of the pictures are rather bad, but it works. Should be your mon, isn't it. First glance, it seems related to "Hamada or "Makibuchi" family (if I get the names right?!). I have to translate the rest later on.... (or somebody with better reading skills is faster than me here 😉) The problem with the lesser known families is, that it will be hard to research, due to the lack of accessible records.... Quote
Shogun8 Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 Wonderful and rare armour, Gary! If the menpo is indeed signed, that would be even more special. There are other Zesai armour with similar characteristically Iwai menpo, but they are not signed. Quote
Laurent in France Posted October 24, 2020 Report Posted October 24, 2020 I agree nice menpo, I ve always like the zesai teeth characteristics... Quote
uwe Posted October 27, 2020 Report Posted October 27, 2020 It's mostly based on guesswork to assigning a family to a specific mon, without other hints concerning the pedigree of a piece.... So to close the case (also by the seemingly lack of interest). The text is pointing to the "陸前国..." (Rikuzen province). Former part of "陸奥" (Mutsu) in the Tôhoku region! Anyway, great armor! Quote
Tengu1957 Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Posted October 27, 2020 Thank you for the information and your time. Quote
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