Left Armored Sleeve (Kote) from Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Right Armored Sleeve (Kote) from Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Front Armored Skirt (Kusazuri) from Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Rear Armored Skirt (Kusazuri) from Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Face Armor (Mengu) from Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Thigh Guard (Haidate) from Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Suit of Armor (Oyoroi) Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Shoulder Guards (Sode) Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Body Armor (Do) Back Panel from Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Body Armor (Do) Front Panel fromSuit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Armored Sleeves ("Kote") from a Suit of Armor ("Gusoku")

Armored Sleeves ("Kote") from a Suit of Armor ("Gusoku")

Breast Place from a Suit of Armor ("Gusoku")

Full-Face Mask From Suit of Japanese Armor, Somen

Full-Face Mask From Suit of Japanese Armor, Somen

Full-Face Mask From Suit of Japanese Armor, Somen

Face Mask and Throat Guard from a Suit of Armor ("Gusoku")

Sumo Wrestlers of the Eastern Group: (right) Nijigadake Somaemon of Sekiwake Rank from Awa Province, and (left) Fudenoumi Kin'emon of Maegashira Rank from Kokura

Actors as Inuyama Dōsetsu Tadatomo (right) and Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshitō (left), from the series Eight Dog Heroes of the Satomi Clan (Satomi-ke hakkenshi no hitori)

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as the Wet Nurse Reizei, Ichikawa Komazo I as Suruga no Hachiro in the Guise of the Shamisen Player Kichiroku (right), and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Tada no Kurando in the Guise of the Palanquin Bearer Kichinai (left), in the Scene "Kiku-zumo" (Chrysanthemum Sumo) from the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768

The Actors Nakamura Nakazo I as Omi no Kotoda (right), and Otani Hiroji III as Bamba no Chuda (left), in the Joruri "Sono Chidori Yowa no Kamisuki" (The Plovers: Combing Hair at Midnight), from Part Two of the Play O-atsurae-zome Soga no Hinagata (A Soga Pattern Dyed to Order), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the Tenth Day of the Third Month, 1774

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as a Male Fox Disguised as the Sake Seller Iseya (left) and Nakamura Tomijuro I as a Female Fox Disguised as the Beancake Peddler Hyugaya, in the Dance Sequence "Myoto-zake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (Everlasting Harmony of the Marital Cup), from the Second Part of the Play Chigo Torii Kitsune (Heavenly Child - The Fox Leaps Through the Shrine Gate), Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777