Armor (<i>Nimaidō Gusoku</i>)

Myōchin Muneakira

Date

armor, dated 1717; helmet, late 16th century; restorations, 2015

Type

Armor (<i>Nimaidō gusoku</i>)

Medium

Iron, copper, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), gold, silver, horn, leather, silk

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2018.833.3a–p

Credit

Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018