Iwai Yozaemon (active 1585-1610) - Armour (dōmaru)

This splendid and understated armour was sent to James I of England by Tokugawa Hidetada, third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who ruled as the second shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty from 1605 to 1623. Some sources have suggested that the armour may once have been owned by Takeda Katsuyori (1546 – 82), a daimyō who had fought, and lost, against Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Tenmokuzan in 1582.The armour is of the body-wrapped (dōmaru) type, which hinges around the body and fastens on the right. The

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Iwai Yozaemon (active 1610) Armour (domaru) c. 1610

Iwai Yozaemon (active 1585-1610) - Armour (dōmaru)

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Iwai Yozaemon (active 1585-1610) - Armour (dōmaru)

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History of Japanese samurai armor book 1- from Yayoi to Muromachi

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