Sakura Gawa Do Maru Gusoku. Late Edo Period, 19th century Thirty-two-plate russet-lacquered hoshi bachi helmet mounted in nihojiro style with gilt plates overlaid with shinodare, gilt tehen kanamono, on the peak a kuwagata dai and kuwagata and a winged dragon maedate, an o-manju jikoro with large fukigaeshi supporting a large mon in gilt copper, the one-piece leather lining is decorated inside with dragons and clouds. Russet iron menpo with two lame yodarekake with lacquered-leather hishinui and a nodowa. The do in do maru style with gyoyo, chu sode, oda gote, sane haidate, leather tsutsu suneate and a pair of kutsu. Together with a saihai. Constructed with black-lacquered sane laced with reserved dyed sakuragawa in kebiki style and mounted overall in gilt copper.
