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Samurai: Armor from the Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Press Images

Ōitaragainari kawari kabuto (elaborate shell-shaped helmet)

Early Edo period, 17th century, iron, lacing, papier-mâché. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Sujibachi kabuto (ridged helmet) and menpō (half mask)

Signed: Echizen no kuni Toyohara jū Bamen Sadao (Sadao of the Bamen school, living in Toyohara, Echizen province), late Muromachi (helmet) to Momoyama period (mask), late 16th century, iron, copper, shakudō, gold, lacing, wood, leather, horsehair. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Nanban kabuto (foreign-influenced helmet)

Late Momoyama period, ca. 1600, iron, silver, lacquer, leather. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Ōboshi sujibachi kabuto (ridged helmet with large rivets)

Signed: Masuda Myōchin Ōsumi no kami Ki no Munemasa (active 1688–1749), mid-Edo period, ca. 1730, iron, gold, silver, bronze, shakudō, leather. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Yokohagidō tōsei gusoku armor

Signed: Jōshū no jū Saotome Ienari (Saotome Ienari living in Hitachi province) (helmet), Ichiguchi Yoshikata (mask), early to mid-Edo period, 17th century (helmet bowl), 18th century (mask and armor), iron, leather, gold, wood, lacing, fur, and hemp. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Bamen (horse mask)

Late Edo period, 19th century, leather, metal, and lacquer. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Mogamidō tōsei gusoku armor (back)

Signed: Myōchin Muneharu (helmet), Myōchin Muneyoshi (chest armor), Edo period, 1849 (armor), iron, gold, bronze, silk, leather, lacquer. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Mogamidō tōsei gusoku armor

Signed: Myōchin Muneharu (helmet), Myōchin Muneyoshi (chest armor), Edo period, 1849 (armor), iron, gold, bronze, silk, leather, and lacquer. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Nimaitachidō tōsei gusoku armor

Attributed: Myōchin Yoshimichi (helmet bowl), Myōchin Munenori (armor), Muromachi period, ca. 1400 (helmet bowl), mid-Edo period, 18th century (armor), iron, shakudō, lacing, silver, wood, gold, brocade, fur, bronze, brass, and leather. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Okegawadō tōsei gusoku armor

Late Momoyama to early Edo period, late 16th century (sashimono), early 17th century (armor), iron, lacquer, bear fur, washi (Japanese paper), bamboo, gold, wood, fabric, and horsehair. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet Photography, Geneva.

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Abumi (stirrups) with monkeys

Mid-Edo period, 18th century, iron, wood, and copper. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Mogamidō tōsei gusoku armor

Signed: Hōrai Kunichika (helmet), Myōchin Muneaki (mask), Muromachi period, ca. 1530 (helmet), Edo period, 17th-18th century (suit of armor), iron, lacquer, shakudō, gold, silver, copper, bronze, silk, and leather. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Kawari kabuto (elaborately shaped helmet)

Late Momoyama to early Edo period, 17th century, iron, lacing, lacquer, shakudō, bronze, gold, and fur. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet Photography, Geneva.

Cone-Shaped Helmet (Tsuinari Kabuto)

Sujibachi kabuto (ridged helmet)

Late Muromachi to mid-Edo period, 16th–mid-18th century, iron, lacing, fur, gold, shakudō, bronze, and leather. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet Photography, Geneva.

Ridged-Bowl Helmet (Sujibachi Kabuto)

Kaen kabuto (flame helmet) representing hōju no tama (the flaming jewel)

Signed: Unkai Mitsuhisa kore o tsukuru (made by Unkai Mitsuhisa), early Edo period, ca. 1630, iron, lacquer, lacing, gold, and bronze. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Efu no tachi sword

Signed: Bishū Osafune jū Yokoyama Kōzuke Daijō Fujiwara Sukesada (Yokoyama Kōzuke Daijō Fujiwara Sukesada residing in Osafune in Bizen province), early Edo period, 1660–1670, bronze, stingray skin, wood, lacquer, nashiji, and gold. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Sōmen(full-face mask),

Signed: Hōei shichi kanoetora reki hachigatsu kichinichi Bukō ni oite Myōchin Munenaga nijūhachisai kore saku (made by Myōchin Ki no Munenaga at the age of twenty-eight on an auspicious day of the eighth month of Hōei [1710] in Edo), Edo period, 1710, iron. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Yokohagidō tōsei gusoku armor

Nanbokuchō period, 1336-1392 (helmet), mid-Edo period, 18th century (suit), iron, shakudō, gold and silver lacquer, lacing, leather, bronze, wood, silk, brocade, and bear fur. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Maedate (frontal crest)

Mid-Edo period, 18th century, lacquer, gold, and horsehair. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Hoshi sujibachi kabuto (ridged helmet with rivets)

Signed: Myōchin Yoshiiye, late Muromachi to mid-Edo period, late 16th–early 17th century, iron, brocade, leather, lacing, and wood. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

Ridged Helmet with Rivets (Hoshi Sujibachi Kabuto)

Nuinobedō tōsei gusoku armor and military equipment

Late Momoyama period, ca. 1600 (chest armor, helmet bowl, shoulder guards), remounted mid-Edo period, mid-18th century, iron, lacquer, gold, bronze, silver, leather, wood, horsehair, hemp, brocade, and steel. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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Jinbaori (surcoat)

Mid-Edo period, 18th century, wool, silk, and brocade. © The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers.

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