A 62-plate russet iron koboshi kabuto (helmet) signed Soshu no ju Norihisa, fitted with a five-lame Hineno jikoro, the mabisashi black lacquered, on the front a maedate of a black-lacquer gunbai-uchiwa (gourd-shaped war fan) with a gold-lacquer mitsudomoe mon, a red-lacquer signature on the back partly erased; a good black-lacquer ryubu menpo (mask) with a three-lame itamono yodarekake (throat guard); a good-quality, heavy nuinobe do (chest armour) of iron sane black lacquered, the kusazuri of leather honkozane edged with bear fur, shakudo kanamono to the muneita and two hishi mon, on the back an agemaki-no-kan and kanamono in shakudo and a gattari and ukezutsu for a sashimono; black-lacquer shino gote; good-quality chusode of iron kiritsuke kozane black lacquered, shakudo fukurin and kanamono with gilt backing; black-lacquer iron shino haidate; and shino suneate; laced overall in blue odoshi; with an armour box and wood stand.
The helmet by Norihisa.