Kabuto

Kabuto (helmet) in the shape of a turban shell, with gold leaf, Momoyama period, 17th century, Iron, gold, lacquer, and silk, H. of bowl, 19.3 cm, Tokyo National Museum.

Eboshi-shaped kabuto (helmet) with maedate (crest) in form of a mantis, Edo period, 17th century, Iron, lacquer, cord, silk, wood, gold, and papier-maché, H. of bowl, 20.3 cm.

Momonari-kabuto (peach-shaped helmet) with butterfly crest, Edo period, 18th century, Iron, wood, gold, leather, lacquer, and silk, H. of bowl, 26.5 cm, National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture.

Black-lacquered kabuto (helmet) with the arm of a guardian deity, wielding a Vajra, Edo period, 17th century, Iron, lacquer, wood, and papier-maché, H. of outer bowl, 43.5 cm, Yasukuni-jinja Shrine, Tokyo.

Hoshi Bashi Kabuto and Octopus Maedate. About 18th century, Japan.

Helmet (Kittate kawari kabuto), Momoyama period (1573-1603), Japan. Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas (Texas)