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Japanese Armor

Figure 51 Armor (Yoroi), early 14th-early 15th century;
artist: unknown Japanese;
Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, gilt copper, H. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), Fletcher Fund, 1928, 28.60.1a–s

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)

  • Type:🔺 armor (value type: authority)

  • Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: yoroi
    Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: helmet (value type: controlled format and controlld list)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    arms and armor
    costume
    Asian Art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 Armor (Yoroi) (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: repository

  • Text:🔺 Yoroi
    Preference: alternate
    Type: transliteration
    Language: Japanese

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 unknown Japanese; refurbishments commissioned by Sakai Tadamochi (Japanese daimyō, 1723-1775) (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 unknown Japanese (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 artist Qualifier: attributed to

  • Identity:🔺 Tadamochi, Sakai
    Role:🔺 patron

  • Creation Date:🔺 early 14th-early 15th century; refurbishments completed in the 1750s (value type: free text)
    Extent: yoroi and helmet
    Earliest:🔺 1301 Latest:🔺 1450
    Extent: refurbishments
    Earliest:🔺 1750 Latest:🔺 1759 (value type: controlled format)

Style/Period/Group/Movement

  • Indexing Terms: Late Kamakura (value type: authority)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 69.9 x 43.2 cm (27 1/2 x 17 inches)(value type: free text)

  • Value: 66.9 Unit: cm Type: height
    Value: 43.2 Unit: cm Type: width (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 iron, leather, lacquer, silk, and gilt copper (value type: free text)

  • Material Name:
    iron
    leather
    lacquer
    silk
    gold
    copper
    Technique Name: stenciling
    stitching (value type: authority)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    apparel
    armor
    ceremonial object
    warrior (value type: authority)

Context

  • Archaeological Context-Building/Site: Kurama-dera Temple (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan) (value type: authority)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: Comprising a yoroi, leather plates, skirt, and helmet, this armor was originally constructed in the early fourteenth century (late Kamakura period) and was later donated to the Kurama Temple (Kyoto, Japan) by the Ashikaga shogunate. The oldest part of the armor is the helmet bowl. Sakai Tadamochi, daimyō (lord) of the Obama fief in Wakasa province and military governor of Kyoto from 1752 to 1756, gained custody of the armor during the late Edo period and commissioned its refurbishment at this time. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: The Met Collection online (value type: authority)
    Page: accessed 17 July 2024 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 28.60.1a–s (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 24 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 51 Armor (Yoroi), early 14th-early 15th century;
artist: unknown Japanese;
Iron, leather, lacquer, silk, gilt copper, H. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm); W. 17 in. (43.2 cm);
J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California), Fletcher Fund, 1928, 28.60.1a–s