explodingrocks:Catfish-Tail (Namazuo) KAWARI KABUTO. Edo period (17th-18th century), Japan. An
explodingrocks:Catfish-Tail (Namazuo) KAWARI KABUTO. Edo period (17th-18th century), Japan. An eight-plate shiinari (“acorn”-shape) helmet bowl built up into a tall namazuo, or “catfish tail,” shape with wood, papier mâché lacquered silver over a black ground, a four-tiered black-lacquered hineno-jikoro (close-fitting neck guard), with a simulated band tied at the front forming a maedate (forecrest) -- source link