"Mempo Japanese Samurai Armor Mask Edo Period Japan"
Japanese samurai armor menpo. Protection of the lower face in pressed steel sheet and lacquered red on the inside and black on the visible side. Grimacing mouth with attached mustache and white lacquered teeth. Throat protection is provided by a "nodawa" made up of 2 lacquered and articulated slats fixed together by silk lacing. TBE EDO period 
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