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O-yoroi Armor of Ashikaga Takauji

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was generally worn by samurai on horseback, typically possessing a cuirass and a four-sided skirt. The yoroi also had white silk and rainbow lacings, representing beauty and fortune. The breastplate is decorated with a representation of the fire deity
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Shinomura Hachimangū was under the patronage of the Matsui family, who sold the armor to Ide Zenbei (井手善兵衛) in 1902, who owned an antique store called Jidai’ya (時代屋) on Kyōto's
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108.59 cm × 61.6 cm (42.75 in × 24.3 in); 11.77 kilograms (25.9 lb)
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for 1,200 yen on July 19, 1905. Dean donated the armor to the MET in 1914.
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There are believed to be less than 40 surviving specimens of o-yoroi.
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Iron, lacquer, leather, silk, gilt copper, gold, pigments
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