Tub-shaped armour from Japan, Asia. Owned by Edwin Sidney Hartland. Given to the Museum in 1920.
This is an Okegawa-do (tub-shaped armour) of lamellar plates, lacquered black and laced with coloured silk, and a solid bodice hinged at the side. Armours like this were mass-produced for the samurai retainers of a daimyƵ (Japanese lord) and although it dates from 1650 to 1800, it emulates forms popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.