NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo certified piece consisting of a tetsu sabiji 24-ken suji kabuto and a tetsu sabiji ryubu ho-ate, mei by Myochin Ki Munenao, produced in the mid-Edo period. According to the meikan, there are several people named Myochin Munenao in the Myochin lineage; while the oldest is said to be the younger brother of the third generation Muneyuki, descendant of the Myochin restorer Munesuke, it is said there are also works carved Ki Munenao in the mid-Edo period. This work is considered to be a piece corresponding to the latter, and is an excellent item where the mei is cut on both the well-forged suji kabuto and the menpo.
NihontoWatchOffered by Iida Koendo
Full gusoku (complete suit)
24-plate · Suji-bachi
Myochin
Munenao
Signed · On the kabuto bowl
Edo
Tokubetsu Kichō Shiryō · Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Especially valuable armour of notably superior workmanship and condition, the third of the five ranks.
Japanese armour is not certified by the NBTHK. The Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai (the Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armour), founded in 1961, is the principal body for armour. Its shinsa grades a piece as 資料 (shiryō, "reference material") across five ascending ranks: Hozon, Kichō, Tokubetsu Kichō, Kōshū Tokubetsu Kichō, and the highest, Jūyō Bunka Shiryō. The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.
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¥2,200,000