{"title":"Daimyō Series — Collector's Class","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the top of the tradition, armor stopped being equipment. The great sets of the Edo period were commissioned in peacetime by men who would never wear them into battle — and precisely because of that, they became the most refined objects the tradition produced. Freed from the battlefield, the armorer's craft turned entirely toward form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaimyō Class is where we place the exceptional pieces: individually shaped scales, lacquer built up in multiple polished coats so the surface has depth rather than shine, applied gold leaf, fittings made for the suit rather than selected for it. These are the sets modelled on the men whose names survived — Tokugawa Ieyasu, Takeda Shingen, Honda Tadakatsu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull measured dimensions are published on every listing, as they are throughout the store. If a piece here is close to your size but you are unsure, write to us before ordering; at this level we would much rather talk you out of the wrong fit than process a return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommissioned as centrepieces: private collections, exhibitions, rooms built around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTypical delivery:\u003c\/strong\u003e about four weeks. Custom sizing adds roughly four weeks. \u003cstrong\u003eIntended use:\u003c\/strong\u003e display, exhibition, ceremony, and respectful non-contact wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tokugawa-ieyasu-samurai-armor-golden-shida-gusoku-full-life-size-set","title":"Tokugawa Ieyasu Samurai Armor — Golden Shida Gusoku, Full Life-Size Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eTokugawa Ieyasu spent his childhood as a hostage, his adulthood as somebody else's ally, and the last sixteen years of his life as the most powerful man in Japan. He won at Sekigahara in 1600, took the title of shōgun in 1603, and the government he built lasted two hundred and sixty-five years — the longest stretch of peace the country had ever had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe is usually described as patient, which understates it. He outlived Nobunaga by thirty-four years and Hideyoshi by eighteen, and he inherited what both of them had built by the simple method of still being there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a reproduction of the shida gusoku, the golden armor associated with Sekigahara. The whole body is finished in gold: a smooth gilt cuirass, gilt helmet bowl, and the distinctive fern-leaf crest curling above the brow. Blue and black lacing runs through the shoulders and neck guard, and the sleeves are backed in patterned brocade rather than plain cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGilt kabuto with shida (fern) maedate and laced shikoro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGilt menpō face mask, red lacquered interior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGilt dō (cuirass) with kusazuri skirt panels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSode, kote, haidate and suneate with brocade backing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack lacquered storage box that doubles as a display stand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFit\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilt to fit wearers between 170 cm and 184 cm. Seated display height is 170 cm; the piece occupies roughly 70 cm across and 60 cm deep on its stand. If you fall outside that range, write to us before ordering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduction and delivery\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandcrafted to order and delivered in approximately four weeks. Comparable warlord reproductions from Japanese armories are quoted at four to sixteen weeks. Custom sizing adds roughly four weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIntended use\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplay, ceremony, cosplay, photography, and respectful non-contact wear. This is a handcrafted reproduction, not protective equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARMOURBUY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53561171214476,"sku":"SWT-IEYASU","price":5740.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/0889\/9980\/files\/tokugawa-ieyasu-white-01.jpg?v=1787442579"},{"product_id":"takeda-shingen-samurai-armor-gold-lion-crest-full-life-size-set","title":"Takeda Shingen Samurai Armor — Gold Lion Crest, Full Life-Size Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey called him the Tiger of Kai. Takeda Shingen ruled a landlocked mountain province and turned it into one of the most feared military powers in sixteenth-century Japan, largely through cavalry and through an unwillingness to lose. His campaign banner carried four characters taken from Sun Tzu — swift as wind, silent as forest, fierce as fire, immovable as mountain — and the phrase outlived him by four centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis rivalry with Uesugi Kenshin produced five battles at Kawanakajima and no decisive result, which is its own kind of legend. He died in 1573 on campaign, and his death was concealed for three years on his own instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the gold configuration: gilt plate across the cuirass and skirt, a shishi (lion) mask crest at the brow, and white horsehair at the neck. It is the most ornate set we carry and it is not built to be subtle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKabuto with shishi lion-head maedate and laced shikoro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMenpō face mask, red lacquered interior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDō (cuirass) with gilt detailing and kusazuri skirt panels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSode, kote, haidate and suneate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack lacquered storage box that doubles as a display stand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduction and delivery\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandcrafted to order and delivered in approximately four weeks. Comparable warlord reproductions from Japanese armories are quoted at four to sixteen weeks. Custom sizing adds roughly four weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIntended use\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisplay, ceremony, cosplay, photography, and respectful non-contact wear. This is a handcrafted reproduction, not protective equipment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARMOURBUY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53561171247244,"sku":"JPA0001BJ0008","price":6440.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/0889\/9980\/files\/takeda-shingen-white-01.jpg?v=1787442545"}],"url":"https:\/\/armourbuy.com\/collections\/daimyo-series-collectors-class.oembed","provider":"ARMOURBUY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}