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Japanese Antique Combat Helmet 'Kabuto' 1800s Edo Era
Located in Paris, FR
traditional Japanese armour worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. The materials
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Japanese Metal & Red Lacquer Bird Motif Amour Shield Circa 1800 Hachiman Temple
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese, circa 1800. This stunning Japanese armor shield mounted to a museum quality iron stand
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Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Armour

Materials

Metal

Japanese Red Samurai Armour Beginning of Meiji period 1900s
Located in Paris, FR
50 x H170 cm Scholars agree that Japanese armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Armour

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Metal, Iron

Edo-period Green-Laced Samurai Suit
Located in New Orleans, LA
available during this renowned period of Japanese history, this complete suit of armor embodies the
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Copper, Iron

19th Century Hand Carved Japanese Samurai Sculpture with Traces of Polychromy
Located in Yonkers, NY
ethereal dynamism of his stance accentuated by traditional Japanese armor and a wind-kissed scarf. While
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Wood

Antique Japanese Shakudo Mix-Metal Screw-Back Earrings
Located in Monroe Township, NJ
compound called rokusho, followed by heating, a technique originally used in the creation of Japanese armor
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Shakudo

Antique Japanese Shakudo Cufflinks with Floral Designs
Located in Monroe Township, NJ
heated to create the signature finish. Originally developed for use in Japanese armor and swords, Shakudo
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Materials

Shakudo

Antique Japanese Shakudo Cufflinks with Wheat Husk Design
Located in Monroe Township, NJ
Japanese armor and swords, Shakudo was banned by the Japanese government in 1876, which led artisans to
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Shakudo

Antique Japanese Fuchi Edo Period Branch Decoration
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
: Bronze, Cloisonne& Metal Type: Scholars Objects, Statues Region of Origin: Japan Emperor: Edo Period
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Metal

Antique Japanese Fuchi Edo Period Oni Decoration
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
: Bronze, Metal & Cloisonne Type:Scholars Objects, Statues Region of Origin: Japan Emperor: Edo Period
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Metal

Antique Japanese Fuchi Edo Period Gold Decoration
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
: Material:Bronze, Metal & Cloisonne Type: Scholars Objects, Statues Region of Origin: Japan Emperor: Edo Period
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Gold

Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Buddhist Literati in Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
1920’s. Thence by decent A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Bronze

Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Floral Flowers in Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
1920’s. Thence by decent A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Bronze

Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Chinese Coins, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
1920’s. Thence by decent A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Bronze

Early Edo Period Japanese Kanefusa Wakizashi Sword with Papers, 17th Century
Located in Hampstead, QC
Japanese Wakizashi sword forged and signed by Kanefusa, a blacksmith from one of the great lineages
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Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

Materials

Metal

Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Buddhist Literati in Landscape, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
1920’s. Thence by decent A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Bronze

Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Buddhist Clouds in Silver, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
1920’s. Thence by decent A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Bronze

Antique Metal Japanese Tsuba Tosogu with Scholars Travelling in Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
1920’s. Thence by decent A Tsuba is a Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated
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19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Bronze

Two Original Japanese Engravings on One Sheet, Soldiers & a Priest, 1669
Located in Langweer, NL
: Japanese soldiers].' An image of a Japanese priest. In one hand hee holds a long rope with a thick knot
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1660s Antique Japanese Armour

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Paper

Early Muromachi Period Samurai Naoe Shizu Katana with Papers, 14th Century
Located in Hampstead, QC
Early Muromachi period Japanese Samurai “Naoe Shizu Katana” (sword). The Muromachi Period in
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15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Japanese Armour

Materials

Metal

Decorated and Embossed Silver Dagger
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Dagger in decorated and embossed silver. The blade has inscriptions and small engraved designs, and the handle and scabbard are decorated with detailed reliefs, possibly inspired by ...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Baroque Antique Japanese Armour

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Silver

Decorated and Embossed Silver Dagger
Decorated and Embossed Silver Dagger
H 20.48 in W 1.97 in D 1.97 in
Edo Period Spectacular Samurai Abumi, Stirrups Inlayed with Silver
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Spectacular Samurai Stirrups These spectacular samurai stirrups are a fine example of Japanese
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Silver, Bronze

19th Century Edo-Meiji Period Samurai Tantō Knife/Short Blade Sword and Scabbard
Located in North Miami, FL
: 19th century Style: Edo, Meiji Place of origin: Japan This 19th century Edo-/Meiji period tantō
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Armour

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Metal, Copper, Steel, Iron

Antique Japanese Red Lacquer Armor Box
Located in Hudson, NY
6-legged armor box made of red lacquer with crest design in gold, and bronze mounted feet. Comes
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Lacquer

Antique Japanese Red Lacquer Armor Box
Antique Japanese Red Lacquer Armor Box
H 22.5 in W 34.5 in D 24.5 in
Japanese Boy's day display suit of armor
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese miniature model of a suit of armor made for the Boy’s day display. Constructed of
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1850s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Textile, Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Edo Period Chain Mail Armor Jacket, Kusari or Karuta, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Edo period Chain Mail Armor Jacket, Kusari or sometimes known as Karuta, Japan Japanese chain mail
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Brass

18th Century, Japanese Edo Period Lacquer & Chain Mail Suit of Samurai Armor
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese history with this exquisite 18th-century Edo Period Lacquer & Chain Mail Suit of Armor, a
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18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron, Gold Leaf

Suit of Red Lacquer Japanese Fighting Armor of the Late Edo Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
Suit of red lacquer Japanese fighting armour of the late Edo period, (1716-1868). Desirable coral
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Rare set of 2 Japanese suits-of-armour, complete with 2 matching folding screens
Located in Amsterdam, NL
. 150 cm. > Yoroi with Nakagawa-kurusu crest: A complete Japanese black lacquered suit-of-armour (yoroi
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18th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Metal, Iron, Gold Leaf

A Tosei Gusoku (Samurai's Armour), 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Century, this beautiful armour is a 32-plate suji kabuto made of brown-lacquered iron with gilded copper
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17th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Metal, Iron

A Tosei Gusoku (Samurai's Armour), 17th Century
A Tosei Gusoku (Samurai's Armour), 17th Century
H 53.94 in W 13.78 in D 13.78 in
18th Century Hirate Clan Samurai Armor with Signed Kabuto Helmet
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This is a truly exceptional set of 18th century Samurai armor that is sure to impress any collector
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18th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Japanese golden kobako flowers Edo period 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
of Japanese art, he began collecting Japanese objects such as armour and lacquerware in 1868 – when
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18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Armour

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Gold

Japanese Samurai Helmet Kabuto Edo Period (1603-1867)
Located in Hampstead, QC
later periods became an important part of the traditional armor of the Japanese samurai, the O-yoroi
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Fine Japanese Embroidery Silk Fukusa Kabuki Story Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
in Japanese), also armored, holding a long bow and arrows is at his back. They appear to be traveling
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Armour

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Silk

Janetti Father & Sons Japanese Pedestal in Engraved and Painted Bamboo, ca 1880
By Janetti
Located in Roma, IT
citizen born in Florence who created an impressive Japanese collection consisting mainly of armour and
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Armour

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Toppai kabuto, Signed Haruta Yoshimasa and dated 1802
Located in Milano, IT
manufacture of early armour in Japan and, along with the Iwai school, one of the first to be documented. This
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Materials

Iron

Hon-kozane ni-mai do tosei gusoku
Located in Milano, IT
originated. According to the Meiko Zukan, the most important antique manuscript about Japanese armor, it was
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Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Materials

Iron

Hon-kozane ni-mai do tosei gusoku
Hon-kozane ni-mai do tosei gusoku
H 19.69 in W 39.38 in D 59.06 in
Japanese Fireman's Gloves
Located in New York, NY
Pair of authentic Fireman's Mittens, each style varying in color and length. Visible wear and use.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Japanese Fireman's Gloves
Japanese Fireman's Gloves
H 22 in W 14.5 in D 4 in
Dangae do tosei gusoku A blue-laced samurai armor with cuirass of double style
Located in Milano, IT
Dangae do tosei gusoku A blue-laced samurai armor with cuirass of double style Edo Period, 18th
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18th Century Antique Japanese Armour

Materials

Iron

Mogami-do Gusoku. 18th century samurai armor
Located in Zürich, CH
Japanese Armor).
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18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Koboshi Kabuto, Samurai Helmet with Standing Rivets Haruta School
Located in Milano, IT
an attribution to the Haruta school, one of the oldest armor schools of Japan. As common for high
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17th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Japanese Kimono/Armour Chest
Located in London, GB
A superb example of a Kimono chest with a highly unusual motif which is extremely modern in its style.
The whole chest is covered in black and gold lacquer and is bound with ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Japanese Kimono/Armour Chest
Japanese Kimono/Armour Chest
H 15 in W 23.5 in D 16 in
Japanese Samurai Warrior Armour, 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
Japanese samurai armour with family crest. This armour was made between the Taisho period and the
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Japanese Armour

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Metal

Japanese Samurai Warrior Armour, 1920s
Japanese Samurai Warrior Armour, 1920s
H 64.97 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Pair of Abumi, Japanese Samurai Armour Stirrups
Located in Westmount, Quebec
Pair of Abumi, Samurai Armour Stirrups  Made of iron, intricate inlay work in silver and red
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Early 17th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Silver, Iron

Early 19th Century Japanese Lifesize Armour Display Mannequin
Located in Poling, West Sussex
Early 19th century Japanese Life-size Armour display mannequin.We believe that this item was
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Early 19th Century French Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Wood

Antique Japanese Miniature Model of a Suit of Armor
Located in New York, NY
Japanese miniature model of a suit of armor made for the Boy’s day display. with lacquered paper
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1850s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Textile

Spectacular Japanese Samurai Armor in the style of a legendary warrior
By Katchu Shi
Located in Santa Fe, NM
This sumptuous armor was custom made for a samurai of the mid to late Edo period (c.1800
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Early 1800s Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Pair of Lacquer Tables with Leather Samurai Armor Tops
Located in New York, NY
antique leather 18th-19th century, Japanese Aorigawa. These pieces would hang on each side of a samurai's
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Leather, Wood

Gold Samurai Armor of a Follower of Date Masamune
By Katchu Shi
Located in Santa Fe, NM
battle. A true piece of history - the armor of a Sendai clan samurai, vassal of Date Masamune, the
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Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron, Gold Leaf

Armor of a Nabeshima Clan Samurai by Myochin Munesuke
By Katchu Shi
Located in Santa Fe, NM
kichijitsu Myōchin Shikibu Ki no Munesuke Bukō Kanda ni oite kore o tsukuru Japan’s Greatest Armorer On a
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1690s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Honkozane Domaru Gusoku. 19th century samurai armor.
Located in Zürich, CH
The samurai armor described is an exquisite example Japanese craftsmanship from the Edo period
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19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

19th Century Cast Iron Japanese Hannya Mask
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Japan's most revered armor craftsman from several centuries earlier.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Pair of Lacquer Tables with Leather Tops
Located in New York, NY
century Japanese Samurai armor box panels, with gold family crests in the center.
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Lacquer, Leather

Kuniyoshi, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Great Battle, Samurai, Warrior Art
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in London, GB
. No doubt much of the clientele for warrior prints was pedantically knowledgeable on Japanese armour
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Mid-19th Century Other Art Style Antique Japanese Armour

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Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

Certified Highly Graded 18th Century Yoroi, Suit of Samurai Armor
Located in Fukuoka, JP
by the Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Helmets and Armor (Nihon Katchu Bugu
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Edo period samurai full set of armor (yoroi) with unique original helmet
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Association for the Research and Preservation of Japanese Armor). Please, note! We will require the official
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Armour

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Iron

Japanese Warrior Armor Yoroi
Located in Paris, FR
Japanese Warrior Armor Yoroi Edo Era, Late Eighteenth Century. Chin and Bottom of the Skirt in
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Japanese Warrior Armor Yoroi
Japanese Warrior Armor Yoroi
H 57.09 in W 22.84 in D 17.72 in
Yoroi Japanese Warrior Armor Taisho Era, 1912-1926
Located in Paris, FR
Japanese Warrior Armor Yoroi, Taisho Era, 1912-1926. More than 100 years Armor. Main Blason: Plum
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1910s Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Armor Japanese Samurai Begening of 20th Century from Kyushu Island
Located in Paris, FR
Japanese Samurai Armor Begening of 20th century. From Kyushu Island. Dimensions base and showcase
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

Samuraï Armor
Located in Paris, FR
japanese fabric only use for samuraï armor confection, with solid brass and metal details, armor with
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1920s Japanese Antique Japanese Armour

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Glass, Wood

Samuraï Armor
Samuraï Armor
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in L 23.63 in
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Antique Japanese Armour For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique Japanese armour available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, iron and fabric, every antique Japanese armour was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique Japanese armour, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique Japanese armour bearing Folk Art hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique Japanese armour over the years, but those crafted by Katchu Shi and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Japanese Armour?

Prices for an antique Japanese armour can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $355 and can go as high as $99,493, while the average can fetch as much as $9,800.
Questions About Antique Japanese Armour
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    To tell if your Japanese pottery is antique, look for markings, which usually appear on the bottoms of pieces. If you see the word "Nippon," your piece was likely produced between 1891 and 1921, making it an antique. Pieces marked with the words "made in occupied Japan" originated between 1945 and 1952 and are vintage, based on their age. A "made in Japan" marking may indicate a vintage or contemporary piece. If you don't see any of these markings, consult trusted online resources to get a rough idea of when your pottery was produced. Any piece that dates back 100 years or more is antique. Should you encounter difficulty with the dating process, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer can assist you. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Japanese pottery.