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A LACQUERED IRON IWAI MENPO
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06月12日 晚上7点 开拍 / 06月10日 下午3点 截止委托
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A LACQUERED IRON IWAI MENPO

Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Finely cast and forged in one section with a removable nose plate secured by turning pins, cast with flared nostrils and an open mouth revealing teeth, the lips painted red, below a scrolling horsehair mustache, the chin with ase-nagashi, and the cheeks with bent anchoring posts, all fitted with a four-lame yodarekake with blue lacing.

HEIGHT 21 cm (excl. stand), 31.4 cm (incl. stand)
WEIGHT 435 g (excl. stand), 1,709 g (incl. stand)

Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and a small chip to the lacquer along the edge, the verso with a touchup to the lacquer.

With an associated presentation stand.

The Iwai school is one of the oldest documented schools for the construction of samurai armor, kabuto and menpo. The first known Iwai armorer is Iwai Yozaemon, who lived between the Momoyama era and the early Edo period. Thanks to his abilities, Yozaemon managed to get himself noticed by Tokugawa Ieyasu: the warlord, impressed by the skill of the armorer, offered him to make armor for the samurai of the Tokugawa clan and after the battle of Sekigahara, during which he was wearing one of his armor, the neo shōgun decided to make him to chief armorer of the bakufu, thus elevating him to the highest rank attainable for a Japanese armor smith. His descendants, maintaining the prestige of the family high, managed to retain the position of chief gunsmith in the military government.

Masks have long played an important role in Japanese culture: in religious ceremonies, dance, Noh theater, and military costume. For samurai, masks served as a principal face defense and helped secure the helmet to the head more firmly. The majority of masks were half-length (menpo), covering the nose and the face below the eyes. Their iron surfaces are either lacquered or a dark russet finish; the interiors are usually lacquered red.

Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related iron menpo, Edo period, dated 19th century, at Christie’s, Japanese and Korean Art, 18 September 2007, New York, lot 267 (sold for USD 2,125 or approx. EUR 2,900 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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