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SIGNED MYOCHIN KI NO MUNE, MID-EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)
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A SOMEN [FULL-FACE ARMOUR MASK]
Signed Myochin Ki no Mune, Mid-Edo Period (Late 18th Century)
The bold mask of dark patinated iron in three sections, well forged with wrinkles and eyebrows, large yadome [flanges on the cheeks] and odayori no kugi [cord-assisting hooks] beneath the chin, the ears brought on, indistinctly signed Myochin Ki no Mune...
Signed Myochin Ki no Mune, Mid-Edo Period (Late 18th Century)
The bold mask of dark patinated iron in three sections, well forged with wrinkles and eyebrows, large yadome [flanges on the cheeks] and odayori no kugi [cord-assisting hooks] beneath the chin, the ears brought on, indistinctly signed Myochin Ki no Mune...
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