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Catalog Level:
item
Type:
yoroi
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Component/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type:
yoroi
Component/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type:
helmet
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Classification
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Terms:
arms and armor
costume
Asian art
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Titles or Names
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Text:
Armor (Yoroi)
Preference: preferred
Type: repository
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Creation
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Creator Description:
unknown Japanese, probably for Ashikaga Takauji (Japanese
shogun, 1305-1358)
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Identity:
unknown Japanese
Role:
artist
Qualifier: attributed to
Identity:
Ashikaga Takauji
Role:
patron
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Creation Date:
yoroi: early 14th century; helmet: mid-14th century
Extent: yoroi
Earliest:
1300 Latest:
1330
Extent: helmet
Earliest:
1330 Latest:
1370
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Indexing Terms: Late Kamakura
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description:
95.3 cm (height) (37 1/2 inches), 17.3 kg (weight) (38
lb. 3 oz.)
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Value: 39.1 Unit: cm Type:
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Value: 17.3 Unit: kgType:
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Materials and Techniques
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Description:
lacquered iron and leather, silk, stenciled leather,
copper-gilt
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Material Names:
leather
iron
copper
silk
gold
lacquer
Technique Names:
stenciling
stitching
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
apparel
Fudo Myo-o (Buddhist deity)
warrior
armor
ceremonial object
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Context
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Architectural Context-Building/Site: Shinomura
Hachimangu (Kameoka, Kyoto prefecture, Japan)
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Descriptive Note
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Text: Comprises the yoroi, waidate, cuirass,
sode, lacing, leather plates, skirt, and helmet. Possibly
was donated to the Shinomura Hachimangu (shrine near
Kyoto) by Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358, founder of the
Ashikaga shogunate). Yoroi were in use from around the
tenth to the sixteenth century, and were generally worn
by warriors on horseback. This one is made of a cuirass
that wraps around the body, closed by a separate panel
("waidate") on the right side, and a deep
four-sided skirt. It originally had white and multi-colored
lacings, which symbolized the rainbow, good fortune,
and fleeting beauty. The stenciled design in the breastplate
portrays Fudo Myo-o, a Buddhist deity and inspiration
for the samurai.
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Citations: Metropolitan Museum of Art
online
Page: accessed 17 July 2006
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United
States)
Repository Numbers:
14.100.121
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