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Glad to share a unique one of a kind (that I can find so far) of Fudō Myō-ō, been trying to find something similar to this one, but most are Heian period which would be nice if some how mines was except for one that the flames that looked a bit close to mines. I'm actually glad to hear that it's a Edo period piece David, at first I thought it was made somewhere during the Edo period, but I later thought it was made between the Meiji to Taishō. Thank you for the clarification David, somehow I manage to forget one of Japan's other biggest religion thinking they were one of the same for a minute

Morning, I acquired this statue from an estate sale last week which I was lucky to snag him, since he has an aura that really wanted me to possess him. I haven't seen anything like this before, would it have been a temple or shrine, or home altar where this statue could've been? overall length is 34 1/2 inches, Fudo is 25 inch without the platform w/ 27 3/8 inches, and the flames are 34 inches There is a bit of damage to the flames and repairs (not by me) are present with nails and glue, some chipping of the black paint on the statue and a missing gem on the forehead which is interesting

Hello again Edward, I don't know if you're still interested but I still have the katana I was looking to sell if you are still interested by chance.

It is nighttime here and my room light doesn't really help so I did have to use flash to show some points. Ain't the prettiest but I can't complain other then the poor scratches it's received

My apologies Edward, I wasn't paying attention . I will send some pictures in a bit for you to look at.

Hello Blair, I know Grey gave you some great advice about saving up for a better nihonto, I don't know if you'd still be interested after his advice but in case if you are, I have a mumei katana that someone has unfortunately tried to polish the blade or something that does have scratches on both sides of the blade and some flaws with the blades

Nice armor you've got looks very attractive

If there's something you like additional photos of please don't hesitate to ask I threw in a couple more pictures of my zunari kabuto with bull horn wakidate

Good afternoon, I will be dropping photos of the rest of the armor

Evening once again, Thank you john for letting me know another crest word of kashiradate, after a quick search on the hachimanza I realized I thought it was an air vent or might be like on my new kabuto till I quickly read that it was for the hair to pass through and for the war god throne, so was the kashiradate fixed onto the hacimanza or was it loose so it can be attached to another helmet?

Evening Uwe, I will take some closer pictures on Wednesday on the individual parts of the armor for you to look at if you don't mind the wait. Thank you for the clarification Thomas , so looking a helmet front to back crests goes maedate (front crest)->wakidate (side crest)-> Ushirodate (back crest) and crest in general are tatemono (?) I'm sure there's a bit more terminology that goes for the kabuto but for basics on crest these are what I will see. I'm excited to learn the new terms for the crest I guess I'm gonna have to study a bit more now on the rest.

Evening, so I'm guessing the suit is near like mines Luc (I'm guessing the ni mai is the style of the do)? Even if it was nothing special it still must have made an impression on you like this suit did with me, till a finer armor came along I'm assuming. I see Thomas thank you for telling what the side horns are called, so any kabuto's with horns like mine or anything else they think of putting there are refereed to wakidate, is there a term for when it's placed on the back of the kabuto?

Thank you for the kind words, what was your first set like if you don't mind me asking? Shouldn't have but I did get a kabuto and menpo on the whim as a final piece to study or as they say (for sure this time) What is a wakidate? I know the basic armor terms but I have no clue what it refers to. What is some good TLC I can do with this set I know it needs a bit of love but I don't want to risk damage it as a newbie. Thank you for the words I hope to get it into a presentable state eventually. If there's anything you liked to see a bit closer feel free to ask, and if you don't mind me asking on some books or other armor related references that would help me in the journey.

Hello everyone I'm new to this field on collecting antiques since my primary field is militaria, I know this suit is not the prettiest but it made a huge impression on me, the Kabuto does have a fair amount of damage on the right neck guard and the lacquer is coming off along with the kote also has it's lacquer coming off and seeing that the left kote has been replaced. The Do does show a good amount of bits of the rust brown flaking off near the little plates and the back. As I said it's not the prettiest but how it looks (and a cost effectiveness to this new field ) I hope to learn more and possibly find (Which I've been looking and saw a few that caught my eye) one that I can enjoy in the future.