The Burke Collection
Helmet (hoshi kabuto, 星兜) with ornament bearing seed syllable for Fudō Myōō
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Catalogue information

Edo period, 17th century

Iron, gilt copper, deerskin, silk, and lacquer

H. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Avitabile 1990, no. 105.
Avitabile, Gunhild
1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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See also

This artwork was published as catalogue entry 821 in Volume II of Art through a Lifetime.