Kabuto
This scroll shows a 10-plates helmet of the hoshi-kabuto type with powerful maedate and very broad "helmet ears" which were typical from the 12th until the 13th century.
Decorative and swinging drawn kagemono with brilliant colours.

Honshi: Handpainted (colour) on paper.
Artist: Unknown, however with seal.
Date: Probably around 1955 (Mid Shôwa)
Length: approx. 180 cm
Width: approx. 42 cm
Material honshi: Paper
Material chûmawashi: Paper
Material ichimonji: Silk brocade
Material tenchi: Paper
Material of the endpieces (jikubô): Wood

Condition: Good, fresh colours; Little mould spots on the honshi due to its age. All in all a very good and perfectly preserved kagemono - powerful and splendid. The format is surprisingly large.

This image may slightly vary in colour to the original - due to the photo/scan.