Kabuto

The kabuto helmet is the most important component of the armor and was historically sometimes displayed on its own. As with armor, there were differences between simple, strictly functional helmets and the ornate, decorated helmets of commanders and high-ranking warriors, demonstrating the high level of skill among Japanese medieval and premodern armourers.

Certificate by the NKBKHK

Kabuto - Suji bachi, NKBKHK certificate

Sixty-two-panel suji bachi kabuto, 18th century.. with the appraisal of the prestigious Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozon Kai 国際日本甲冑武具振興協会

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Kabuto - Eboshi

Double-layered helmet in the form of a court cap eboshi kabuto, Edo period (1603 - 1868)

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