Lamellar armour decorated with silver leaf and laced with red cord in the vertical alternately crossing sugake odoshi style. Cuirass made of two plates and hinged at the side (nimaidō)

Lamellar armour decorated with silver leaf  and laced with red cord in the vertical alternately crossing sugake odoshi style. Cuirass made of two plates and hinged at the side (nimaidō)​

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Prefecturally Designated Important Cultural Property (designated 1994)
Made: Muromachi period (16th c.)
Location: Ōgashimaji Temple, Toyohara, Oku
Dimensions: 
Body: Height: 36.0cm
Protective skirt: Height: 24.0cm​

This lamellar armour, laced with red braid  in the vertical alternately crossing sugakeodoshi style, was made in the late Muromachi period (16th c.). Although the silver part has tarnished and turned black, it seems likely that it originally had a brilliant polished finish.
It is said that Ukita Motoie, a nephew of Ukita Naoie, wore this lamellar armour during a battle against the Mōri in Tensho 9, 1581. Two bullet holes can be seen in the upper section of this armour’s helmet. 

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Cultural properties in Setouchi city​