In the context of O-yoroi Armor of Ashikaga Takauji, discuss the Provenance of the History.
Shinomura Hachimangū was under the patronage of the Matsui family, who sold the armor to Ide Zenbei (井手善兵衛) in 1902, who owned an antique store called Jidai’ya (時代屋) on Kyōto's Shijō Street. Ide sold it to the MET's Department of Arms and Armor, Bashford Dean for 1,200 yen on July 19, 1905. Dean donated the armor to the MET in 1914.
Hachiman Shijō Street Shinomura Hachimangū Bashford Dean