Late Edo period (1603-1868) The black lacquered armour woven with dark blue and orange ropes, comprising: - A 'ribbed bowl' helmet, sujibachi kabuto, with gold lacquered crests, kumaizasa mon, and mounted with pheasant's feathers and metal maedate shaped as lotus above cotton - A four-part neck guard, shikoro - A mask with separate nose part and brown moustache, resseibo mengu - A four-part neck throat guard, nodowa - Two five-part shoulder pieces, sode - Two arm guards with maze and three flanges, sanmaidokote, above green brocade - A two-part cuirass with ribbed breast plate, wasei nanbando, with two gold lacquered gyoyo decorated with mon above - Hanging from the cuirass six five-part kusazuri - Two thigh protectors with maze, haidate - Two shin guards, dosuneate - A green silk belt - With black lacquered box decorated with gold lacquered crest, mon - Wood box for helmet with gold lacquered crest, mon N.B.: The two boxes, helmet and gyoyo are all decorated with the same cres