Samurai-Harnisch, Samurai, Samurai Rüstung
um 1580, Ende 16. Jahrhundert
Samurai-Harnisch, Samurai, Samurai Rüstung
The gold lacquer
emblems showing among others a dragon prove that the armour once belonged to
the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542–1616). He was one of the three »Great Unifiers«
of Japan, through which the Sengoku era came to an end and the peaceful Edo
period began. Only 13 armours of that kind which were mostly exported to Europe
have been preserved in Japan. King Philip II of Spain was offered presents by
Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1584, among others armours, saddles and spears, partly to
be seen in the Royal Armoury in Madrid.
Object data
Object Name
Samurai-Rüstung (IROITO-ODOSHI GUSOKU), Samurai Harnisch, Samurai
Culture
Japanisch, Nara ?
Dated
um 1580, Ende 16. Jahrhundert
Material
Eisen, Messing, Kupfer, Leder, Lack, textile Knüpfungen
Image rights
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck
Inv. No.
Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, PA 587
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