Title Tokugawa Ieyasu’s Golden Armor

  • Shizuoka
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Shrines/Temples/Churches World Heritage (Natural or Cultural)
Medium/Media of Use:
Web Page
Text Length:
251-500
FY Prepared:
2021
Associated Tourism Board:
CITY OF SHIZUOKA

金陀美具足

徳川家康公(1542-1616)が若いころに着ていた金色の鎧。19歳の時、桶狭間の戦いで大高城に食糧を運び込むという困難な作戦を指揮した際に着用した。この戦いは、長い内乱の時代を経て、勝利した織田信長(1534–1582)の天下統一への足場を固める、日本史上のターニングポイントとなった。この戦いの後、家康公をはじめ多くの武士が支援を約束した。


胴体の前後を大きな鉄板で覆ったこのような鎧は、1500年代後半によく見られ、1600年の関ヶ原の戦い以降に広く使われるようになった。2枚の板は、左側が蝶番、右側が紐でつながっている。胸当ての紐はオリジナルである。


重要文化財


Tokugawa Ieyasu’s Golden Armor

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542–1616) wore this suit of gilded armor as a young man. At 19 years old, he wore it while leading the difficult operation of getting provisions into Otaka Castle during the Battle of Okehazama. The battle was a turning point in Japanese history, consolidating the position of the victorious Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) in his bid to re-unify Japan after a long period of civil war. Many samurai, including Ieyasu, pledged their support after the battle.


Armor like this, with large iron plates covering the front and back of the torso, was common in the late 1500s and was widely used following the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The two plates are connected by hinges on the left side of the body and by ties on the right. The cording on the breastplate is original.


Important Cultural Property


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