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Nishioka in his workshop, restoring a piece of armor.
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Applying gold leaf with a bamboo brush. In the “bling” years of the late sixteenth century, many pieces of armor were completely covered in gold leaf.
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Applying a new coat of lacquer.
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A Muromachi-period breastplate from the second half of the sixteenth century under restoration. The strips of iron and leather coated with gold leaf are known as sane-ita. The restorer will remove the old threads linking the pieces together and replace them with new ones.
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A kusazuri was used to protect the lower body and upper thigh. The iron parts are coated with lacquer. Armor like this would have been used by high-ranking samurai in the late sixteenth century.
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A mogami haramaki from the second half of the sixteenth century. The momonari kabuto helmet next to it dates from the same period and shows European influence in its design.
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Replica kumi-himo sashes made with traditional Japanese techniques.
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