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Property from a Santa Fe collection
Myochin Katsuyoshi (active 1521-31)
An unusual 62-plate suji kabuto and menpoMuromachi period (1333-1573), circa 1521The russet iron bowl forming a shallow profile constructed of 62 vertical plates with namigata (wavy edges), the front plates forming a strong medial ridge, the sides of the bowl with four prominent standing rivets, the crown mounted with a two-stage gilt-copper tehen kanamono, the haraidate extending down to the edge of the mabizashi and bearing the inscription Myochin Nobuie, signed on the interior on the rear plate Katsuyoshi, mounted with a five-lame Hineno-style shikoro lacquered black and laced in blue and orange, the top lame finishing in small fukigaeshi; the russet-iron menpo with two cord pegs on the jaw line and a hinged nose plate, applied with a stiff boar-bristle moustache, the interior lacquered red, fitted with a five-lame yodarekake laced in blue
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Published:Kei Kaneda Chappelear, Japanese Armor Makers for the Samurai, Tokyo, Miyoshi Printing Co., 1987, pl. 7, p. 42
