Armor (Gusoku)
Jo Michitaka · Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, lacquer, silk, gilt copper
Classification: Armor for Man
Culture: Japanese
Gift of Harald de Raasloff, 1915
Date range
1801 – 1900
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