ETHAS 022384

Japon armure Fudô (5 éléments)

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022384
Armour with Fudō Myōō
Japan
15th- 17th century
Steel, silk, leather
Early collection
The dome of the helmet, made of sixty-two plates, is signed “Yoshinori” of the Myōchin school, in the 2nd quarter of the 15th century. The breastplate, from the Genroku period (late 17th century) bears a powerful protector in Tantric Buddhism: the Triad of the Unshakeable King of Science (Fudō Myōō sanzon 不動明王三尊), with the youths Kongara and Seitaka. The dragon on the back is also a powerful protective figure.

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Japan of the samurai

Unlike China, Japan has always had only one imperial dynasty, which continues today. Its legitimacy stems from the uninterrupted succession of emperors, which mythology traces back to the sun goddess, Amaterasu. But from the 12th to the 19th centuries, real power was wielded by military juntas, directed by a commander-in-chief (shōgun) and based successively in Kamakura, Kyōto (Muromachi) and Edo (Tōkyō). The feudal period saw the rise of the military class (samurai 侍) attached to various local lords (daimyo 大名).

Samurai in armour, <i>Views & Costumes of Japan, </i>by<i> </i>Stillfried & Andersen, Yokohama, around 1870.

Samurai in armour, Views & Costumes of Japan, by Stillfried & Andersen, Yokohama, around 1870. Alfred Bertrand collection © MEG Inv. ETHPH 411917

Bibliograpy

  • Eracle, Jean. 1991. Civilisation des Samurai. Genève / Ivrea : Musée d'ethnographie / Priuli & Verlucca, n° 45

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