Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armour Collection Vol I: Kabuto & Menguby Absolon & Thatcher Ukiyoe A great sized nomi you

A great sized nomi you will enjoy for a lifetime before passing it onto another generation

The effect across the full garment is of burnished antique gold

uroko scale pattern (neck)

and brown with fine wing-vein patterning visible in close-up

The Shōwa Shokugyō E-zukushi series began in 1938 and was published by Nishinomiya Shoin

Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armour Collection Vol I: Kabuto & Menguby Absolon & Thatcher Ukiyoe A great sized nomi youThe most in depth English language study of Japanese samurai head armour published to date. Drawing on the outstanding collection of helmets (kabuto) and facial armour (men gu) held at the Watanabe Art Museum in Tottori, Japan, Absolon documents several dozen pieces in individual essay length entries covering construction methods, materials, period attribution, makers, and condition assessment. Coverage extends from the Muromachi through the Edo