Beschreibung:

A Pair of Shoulder Guards ( Tsubo Sode ), a Pair of Lacquered-Metal Sleeves ( Tsutsu Gote ), a Pair of Lacquered-Metal Shin Guards ( Shino Suneate ) and a Silk Belt Edo period (17th-19th century) The five-lame lacquered-leather shoulder guards of false scales curving to fit the shoulder and tapering toward the bottom, laced in orange and blue with blue leather on the bottom lame, the top applied with stencilled leather, hardware shakudo , pierce-carved with chrysanthemum scroll; the sleeves sewn with chain mail and solid plates lacquered black; the shin guards with splints lacquered black sewn to chain mail; the decorative silk belt dyed purple and white (4)