A composite modern haramaki armour
20th century with earlier additions
Red-lacquered leather helmet with iron shikoro painted black, gilt-metal hiki design mon on the fukigaeshi and as a maedate, beneath the shikoro a modern fabric hood secured at the front, an original tsubami gata hanbo fitted with a yodarekake of modern fabric overlaid with ikada kusari, the haramaki do of black-lacquered leather and decorated with a stylised bird in red on the front, kosode, original kusari gote original ikada haidate and modern suneate; with an armour box and a wood stand. The armour box 46cm x 42.5cm x 55.5cm (18 1/8in x 16¾in x 21 7/8in).
FOOTNOTES
海燕蒔絵腹巻女持具足　20世紀

Suits of armour were often included in the trousseaux of daimyo brides and normally bore the mon (crest) of their original family. Such armours were executed in a somewhat exotic yet elegant style which fully reflected the personal tastes and fashions of their female owners.