James I Presentation Armour This armour was given to James I as a diplomatic gift from Tok
James I Presentation Armour This armour was given to James I as a diplomatic gift from Tokugawa Hidetada of Japan in 1613. It was brought back from Japan to England by Captain John Saris of the East India Company and had been designed by the armourer Iwai Yozaemon of Nara in about 1610. The armour has been on display in the Tower of London since 1662, although it was wrongly labelled for several centuries. -- source link
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