[:ja]井伊家伝来　鉄朱塗五枚胴具足（井伊の赤備え）[:en]Art Treasures of Ii Family: Akazonae Armor or Red Arms[:]

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井伊家伝来　鉄朱塗五枚胴具足（井伊の赤備え）

井伊家とは江戸時代彦根藩（現在の滋賀県彦根市）を治めた大名家で、初代直政は徳川家康の筆頭家老とも言うべき存在でした。

その彦根藩井伊家といえば「井伊の赤備え」

井伊家の部隊は当主から家臣まで甲冑から武具類まで朱色で統一したことから「井伊の赤備え」と称されました。こちらの鎧兜もまさに全面朱塗で威しは紺で統一されています。

関ケ原合戦図屏風の中でもひときわ目立つ朱色の軍勢、それが徳川四天王の一人「井伊の赤鬼」と諸大名より恐れられた井伊直政率いる「井伊の赤備え」と呼ばれた具足を朱色に統一した軍勢です。

こちらの金色の前立てにより、この具足は井伊家・直臣（じきしん）の所用であったことがわかります。

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面頬	銘	良久
胴	銘	彦根住月田良久	文久三年牛亥五月
兜	銘	明珎　信家（花押）	□□十二二年十二月吉日

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Art Treasures of Ii Family: Akazonae Armor or Red Arms

For more than 260 years during the Edo period (1603~1868), the Ii family, who governed Hikone fief in Omi Province (present-day Shiga Prefecture), was the cheif family of feudal lords(daimyo) in hereditary vassalage to the Tokugawa Shogunate.

Since the generation of Ii Naomasa (1561~1602), the founder of the family, the Ii family had been celebrated for its military prowess. It led the vanguard of the Tokugawa Military Government, and often took part in various important issues of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Ii Naotaka (1590~1659), the second generation head of the family, received an additional stipend of 50,000 koku of rice from the Tokugawa Shogunate. This raised the family’s annual revenues to 350,000 koku of rice

At that mention of the Ii family, Ii’s Akazonae or red arms were renowned around the country as the most elite force in Sengoku (warring provinces) during the Azuchi Momoyama period (1573~1603).

All suits of armor are red-lacquered, and the red lacquered helmets are decorated with gold attachments. As it was, all of the Ii family’s arms and armor were characterized by its color, red. As the name “the red guards of the Ii family” indicates, the warriors’ helmets, arms, and armor as well as family standards were all in red.

In the Sengoku period (1493~1573, there were other Irozonae (colored arms) which were formed in a single color such as black or yellow other than red. Red is highly stood out color in the battlefield, therefore, Akazonae were elite troops led by a busho with outstanding bravery, and were passed down as a symbol of honor of bravery from generation to generation.