Samurai Armor Auction
Published October 7th, 2008
October 17-19, from 10am - 5pm at Kohdai Temple and Entokuin Temple, 526 Shimokawara-machi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi
The auction includes approximately 300 items, including the breastplate from the late Muromachi period, armor, helmets, swords, sword fittings (swordguards, decorative hilts and pommels owned and used by Masanori Fukushima, saddles decorated with gold lacquer and mother-of-pearl, and traditional Japanese matchlock rifles.
Auction info http://www.kogire-kai.co.jp/bukenobi/index.html
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