Samurai-Harnisch, Samurai, Samurai Rüstung

um 1580, Ende 16. Jahrhundert

 

 

Samurai-Harnisch, Samurai, Samurai Rüstung

The gold lacquer
emblems showing among others a dragon prove that the armour once belonged to
the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542–1616). He was one of the three »Great Unifiers«
of Japan, through which the Sengoku era came to an end and the peaceful Edo
period began. Only 13 armours of that kind which were mostly exported to Europe
have been preserved in Japan. King Philip II of Spain was offered presents by
Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1584, among others armours, saddles and spears, partly to
be seen in the Royal Armoury in Madrid.

Location: Schloss Ambras Innsbruck

Object data

Object Name

Samurai-Rüstung (IROITO-ODOSHI GUSOKU), Samurai Harnisch, Samurai

Culture

Japanisch, Nara ?

Dated

um 1580, Ende 16. Jahrhundert

Material

Eisen, Messing, Kupfer, Leder, Lack, textile Knüpfungen

Image rights

Schloss Ambras Innsbruck

Inv. No.

Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, PA 587

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