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Edo Period Mempo

Japanese Edo Samurai Yoroi Iron Mempo Mask with Lacquer & Silk Lacing, c. 1750
Japanese Edo Samurai Yoroi Iron Mempo Mask with Lacquer & Silk Lacing, c. 1750

Japanese Edo Samurai Yoroi Iron Mempo Mask with Lacquer & Silk Lacing, c. 1750

Located in New York, NY

Japanese Edo Period Iron Mempo Samurai Face Mask (Yoroi) with Lacquer and Silk Lacing, Circa 1750 A superb and highly expressive Japanese samurai menpō (face mask) dating from the E...

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Antique 1750s Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

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Japanese Edo Period Mempo Face Armour
Japanese Edo Period Mempo Face Armour

Japanese Edo Period Mempo Face Armour

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Japanese Edo Period laquer Mempo (face armour) with grey moustache, presumably poking fun at the enemy, as if to say' even an old man can beat you in battle'.

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