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

- By: Helmet signed by Bamen Tomotsugu
- Date: 18th century
- Medium: Iron, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, silk, horse hair, ivory
- Classification: Armor for Man
- Dimensions: as mounted, H. 58 5/8 in. (148.8 cm); W. 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm)
- Culture: Japanese, Toyohara, Echizen province
- Credit line: Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., in memory of Dr. Frederick M. Pedersen, 2001
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24975)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/aa/web-large/DT5334.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)