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A Tosei GusokiUnsigned, Edo Period
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23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,500 inc. premium
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Unsigned, Edo Period
Unsigned, Edo Period
The russet iron Hoshi-Bachi kabuto of sixty-two plates each with twenty-one hoshi, seven stage tehan-kanemono, downturned mabisashi, five-lame kebiki laced shikiro with unusual fukigayeshi in the form of kuwagata, black lacquered iron mempo with deep wrinkles, copper teeth, hair moustache and beard, four lame yodare-kake, kebiki laced tachi-do, the lower lame of the five-lame kusazuri trimmed with bear fur sode, haidate and sunate (sode missing)
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Please note that the kote (the sleeves) are missing not the sode (shoulder-plates) as stated.








