Age: Early Edo period.
Remarks: An all matched suit purchased from a private collection in Japan. More details upon request.
Historical: The suit belonged to a "Karo" of the Kuroda Clan. He lived in Fukuoka, Kyushu. The Kuroda were descended from the Sasaki family although their early history is hazy. They emerged in the Sengoku Period as retainers of the Odera. After 1577 they entered the service of Oda Nobunaga and through the efforts of Kuroda Yoshitaka, a close companion of Toyatomi Hideyoshi, they rose in importance. Yoshitaka and Nagamasa supported Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Sekigahara Canpaign and afterwards their family held a considerable fief in Chikuzen Province.
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