# Armor (<i>Gusoku</i>)

- By: Helmet bowl signed Saotome Ietada
- By: Breastplate inscribed inside, Myōchin Munesuke
- Date: 16th and 18th centuries
- Medium: Iron, lacquer, silk, gilt copper
- Classification: Armor for Man
- Dimensions: H. 67 1/2 in. (171.5 cm)
- Culture: Japanese
- Credit line: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22521)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/aa/web-large/DT253026.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)