This is a 62-plate iron russet kabuto (helmet) from the Edo period, certified as Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo by the Nihon Katchu Bugu Kenkyu Hozon Kai. It features a tall bowl with an elaborate maedate and gold-painted fukurin. The helmet is signed by Saotome Ietada, though the certification notes it as 'with mei'.
NihontoWatchmei · Saotome · Edo
Kabuto only
62-plate · Suji-bachi
Saotome
Ietada
Signed · On the kabuto bowl
Edo
Tokubetsu Kichō Shiryō · Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.
Customer-initiated returns accepted within two days of arrival; return shipping paid by customer and fees non-refundable. Returns/refunds unavailable for overseas deliveries.
Price on request
This is a 62-plate iron russet kabuto (helmet) from the Edo period, certified as Tokubetsu Kicho Shiryo by the Nihon Katchu Bugu Kenkyu Hozon Kai. It features a tall bowl with an elaborate maedate and gold-painted fukurin. The helmet is signed by Saotome Ietada, though the certification notes it as 'with mei'.
NihontoWatchmei · Saotome · Edo
Kabuto only
62-plate · Suji-bachi
Saotome
Ietada
Signed · On the kabuto bowl
Edo
Tokubetsu Kichō Shiryō · Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai
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 The 資料 framing reflects the society’s purpose of preserving armour as cultural and historical reference, distinct from the NBTHK’s sword paper tiers.
Customer-initiated returns accepted within two days of arrival; return shipping paid by customer and fees non-refundable. Returns/refunds unavailable for overseas deliveries.
Price on request