6th Dec, 2024 10:00
Fine Japanese Art
137
A NIMAI-DO GUSOKU (TWO-PIECE CUIRASS ARMOR) WITH A SUJIBACHI KABUTO BY NEO YASUMASA
Sold for €20,800
including Buyer's Premium
The kabuto by Neo Yasumasa, signed Neo Yasumasa
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
The lacquered-iron components laced in blue, mounted on a vibrant, striped, geometric diapered brocade, and fitted with intricate gilt kanamono including kiku blossoms as well as the sagarifuji (falling wisteria) mon, associated with the Fujiwara clan.
The armor comprising:
A sujibachi kabuto with a one-hundred-twenty-plate iron hachi with raised ridges, terminating in a five-stage gilt tehen kanamono rising from a reticulated roundel worked with kiku blossoms borne on scrolling vines, the mabisashi and fukigaeshi with printed leather and fitted with appliqués, the fukigaeshi further fitted with gilt sagarifuji (falling wisteria) mon, associated with the Fujiwara clan, worked to the center in nanako, centered by the gold and red-lacquered wood maedate finely carved as a ferocious dragon flanked by kuwagata, the interior of the helmet signed NEO YASUMASA, all above the four-lame jikoro; the iron menpo cast and forged in 2 sections with a removable nose plate above a short moustache and articulated ears, the lips lacquered red, designed with deeply embossed wrinkles on the cheeks with bent anchoring posts, and laced with a four-lame yodarekake; the do applied to the center with a large gilt-metal dragon roundel, above seven detachable five-lame kusazuri, the back with a large age’maki (decorative tassel) strung from an en-suite cord rings; a pair of six-lame sode fitted with kiku-appliqués adorned with cord-rings; a pair of haidate; a pair of iron and kusari (chain mail) kote and tekko fitted with the omodakka crest to the knuckles; a pair of iron suneate; a pair of kegutsu; and a ceremonial staff.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and expected flaking to lacquer.
The Fujiwara clan was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since ancient times and dominated the Imperial court until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. They held the title of Ason.
Museum comparison:
Compare a closely related Yokohagido tosei gusoku armor, dated 18th century, in the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas.
The kabuto by Neo Yasumasa, signed Neo Yasumasa
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
The lacquered-iron components laced in blue, mounted on a vibrant, striped, geometric diapered brocade, and fitted with intricate gilt kanamono including kiku blossoms as well as the sagarifuji (falling wisteria) mon, associated with the Fujiwara clan.
The armor comprising:
A sujibachi kabuto with a one-hundred-twenty-plate iron hachi with raised ridges, terminating in a five-stage gilt tehen kanamono rising from a reticulated roundel worked with kiku blossoms borne on scrolling vines, the mabisashi and fukigaeshi with printed leather and fitted with appliqués, the fukigaeshi further fitted with gilt sagarifuji (falling wisteria) mon, associated with the Fujiwara clan, worked to the center in nanako, centered by the gold and red-lacquered wood maedate finely carved as a ferocious dragon flanked by kuwagata, the interior of the helmet signed NEO YASUMASA, all above the four-lame jikoro; the iron menpo cast and forged in 2 sections with a removable nose plate above a short moustache and articulated ears, the lips lacquered red, designed with deeply embossed wrinkles on the cheeks with bent anchoring posts, and laced with a four-lame yodarekake; the do applied to the center with a large gilt-metal dragon roundel, above seven detachable five-lame kusazuri, the back with a large age’maki (decorative tassel) strung from an en-suite cord rings; a pair of six-lame sode fitted with kiku-appliqués adorned with cord-rings; a pair of haidate; a pair of iron and kusari (chain mail) kote and tekko fitted with the omodakka crest to the knuckles; a pair of iron suneate; a pair of kegutsu; and a ceremonial staff.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and expected flaking to lacquer.
The Fujiwara clan was a powerful family of imperial regents in Japan, descending from the Nakatomi clan and, as legend held, through them their ancestral god Ame-no-Koyane. The Fujiwara prospered since ancient times and dominated the Imperial court until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. They held the title of Ason.
Museum comparison:
Compare a closely related Yokohagido tosei gusoku armor, dated 18th century, in the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas.
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