A SUIT OF ARMOR WITH AN EBOSHI KABUTO WITH PARCEL-GILT RABBIT MAEDATE

A SUIT OF ARMOR WITH AN EBOSHI KABUTO WITH PARCEL-GILT RABBIT MAEDATE
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
The components laced in blue, white, orange, green, and brown, and fitted with iron, sentoku, and gilt-metal hardware. The armor comprising a black-lacquered eboshi kabuto with a parcel-gilt copper maedate in the form of a rabbit – its plump body evocative of the moon – crouching amid crashing waves and a purple-laced four-lame shikoro; a lacquered iron menpo with red interior and lips as well as silver teeth, further with facial hair and a four-lame yodare-kake; a russet-iron do with printed leather and seven sets of five-lame kusazuri; a pair of black-lacquered six-lame sode; and pairs of kote, haidate, and suneate with iron kusari and plates.
Condition: Good condition with some wear, light scratches, minor losses, the lacquer with expected minor cracks and minor flaking. The helmet with minor touch-ups to lacquer.
With a wood storage box.