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Five plate Russet Iron Kawari Kabuto (exotic helmet), dragon claw design, Kato nobori fuji Kayemon, Iyo Province, Tozama Daimyo (Lord) of  Ozu-Han (fief) . Lames assembled with Zaboshi. GiltTehen (Hachiman za) Kanamono. Riveted to the front plate in place of a forecrest is a soft metal gilt medallion, chiseled in a form of a dragon coiled around itself, forming a compact oval composition .Five lame russet lacquered hineno shikoro. Dark blue sugake lacing. Mid-Edo.     This piece representing in large format the end of a gragon claw is conceptually unique.

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Medallion

Kato Mon

Hachiman za

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Lacquered Iron menpo, tetsu kokushitsu type, early Edo.  SOLD                                 

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