After putting away the wood carving, Li Yi took Gu Feng and then turned around in the exhibition hall. The pen fun and the pavilion www.biquge.info the fat elephant has arrived in Yanjing, that is to say, the biggest harvest of this trip to Japan has been settled, then, of course, there is still the best harvest in the future, even if there is not, there is nothing to regret.

Because the booths in this exhibition hall are all types of antiques except porcelain and furniture, this exhibition hall is extraordinarily large, and the number of booths can account for more than half of all the booths in the exhibition. The things on display are even more bizarre, there is everything, with Li Yi's knowledge, I feel that it is eye-opening and worthwhile.

Soon, he discovered something interesting, a mask worn by a Japanese samurai.

The main display of this stall is samurai-related items, including swords, leather armor, and some equipment similar to those of ninjas shown on television, and of course, many masks worn by samurai.

Japanese samurai have been wearing masks for a long time, mainly because they believe that there is a soul after death, and that the soul of a person will return to the mountains after death, and that in order to remain in the world, there must be a "host".

The mask is one of the hosts of the soul, and once the mask is worn, the samurai is no longer himself, but carries the character, god, or brave soul represented on the mask.

Of course, in addition to these ghost legends, wearing a mask in reality also has many benefits, such as protecting the face, intimidating enemies, etc., and some masks also have a certain anti-virus effect.

In addition, in ancient Japan, masks were not suitable for all samurai, because masks had another function, that is, a status symbol, something that only some privileged classes could have.

In Chinese history, there are also two famous mask generals, one is Gao Changgong, a famous general in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the other is Di Qing, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty, known as General Mian Ni.

Of course, the reasons for these two people to wear masks are not quite the same as those of Japanese samurai, Gao Changgong is because his face is too beautiful and his deterrent power is insufficient, while Di Qing is because he has tattoos on his face and needs to cover up.

No matter what it is, whether it is Japan or China, if you can really find a mask worn by an ancient general when he fought on the battlefield, it is still quite collectible. If you can also collect a set of armor that matches the mask, then its value is even more incalculable.

"Takushi Fujita, Masamori Ganli, Nobuyomo Yokota......"

Most of these masks are made of iron, but some are made of wood or leather. It's just that the spirit card can only identify the approximate age of the mask, but it can't identify who the specific user is, so Li Yi can only look at the introduction provided by the exhibitor while recalling whether there is a familiar name.

However, most of the people he knew were some famous historical figures, and if there were really masks of these people, I am afraid that they would have been treasured and collected by people long ago, and it would be impossible to put them on display in this place.

So he examined a dozen masks in a row, but he didn't come across a name that he had ever heard of, or even a little familiar.

But Li Yi still insisted, each of them first read the information, and then used the spirit card to identify, because he originally played the best if there was a leak, and it was the idea to increase his knowledge if he didn't miss it.

Soon, more than twenty masks were finished, and none of the famous people in my memory were gone. Li Yi shifted his attention to the several full-body armors placed in the booth.

Japan is a peculiar people, and to this day, shrines, museums, and even private collectors' homes have an abundance of armor and weapons from all periods of antiquity, the largest in the world.

Some people think that this is the embodiment of the spirit of bushido, but in fact, it is the unique national character of Japan that is the main reason for the formation of this unique phenomenon.

In fact, not only armor, but basically any cultural object with preservation value can be properly preserved in Japan. In a sense, Japan should be one of the countries with the best preservation of cultural relics in the world.

This is mainly because a lot of Japanese knowledge comes from foreign countries (mainly Chinese), and this knowledge is combined with its local culture to form the so-called Japanese culture and Japanese spirit. At the beginning, the Tang envoys risked their lives and traveled thousands of miles to China to acquire all aspects of culture and knowledge, because it was not easy to come by, and gradually transformed into the extreme self-cherishing of all kinds of brooms by the Japanese.

In addition, the Japanese are also a nation that values blood origin, because armor and weapons are often used as heirlooms of samurai families, as symbols of noble blood, and are widely collected and protected, so it is not surprising that you can now see so many well-preserved masks, helmets, weapons, and even full-body armor.

From the appearance, the shape of Japanese armor is very strange and exaggerated, and most of its raw materials are some bamboo, leather, hemp rope and other things. Of course, this is inseparable from Japan's lack of resources.

The shape of Japanese armor mainly includes hanging armor, large armor, and carcass, such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi's current carcass, Oda Nobunaga's Nanban carcass, and Ryuida Masamune's five carcass, etc., all of which are large armors, and they are all modern Japanese national treasures.

The torso of Japanese armor is collectively referred to as "carcass", and "gossho" means to possess and complete. In the Edo period, people at that time referred to the armor before the Edo period as "Saigorizu" and the armor at that time as "Shikarashi".

To this day, "the world has been sufficient" has become the proper name of armor, which is the origin of the name of Japanese armor.

"Sir, this armor is one of the twenty-four generals of Takeda, Takasaka Masanobu is enough in the world, and it is only for exhibition, it is not for sale."

Seeing Li Yi paying attention to the armor, the staff on the side reminded him with a smile.

"Oh? Are these worldly furniture enough to be not for sale? ”

The man bowed lightly and smiled, "These are not for sale, only one fragment over there can be sold." ”

"Remnants? Which general is it? Li Yi saw the armor that the man said at a glance, and found that except for the relatively complete helmet part, there were only seven or eight pieces left in the other parts.

You must know that according to the shape of ancient Japanese armor, a complete piece of armor in the world is sufficient, including pockets, armor, and small armor, there must be at least eighteen or nineteen pieces, and if you add helmets and masks, there are definitely more than 20 pieces.

"This piece of equipment belongs to General Nobubo Baba, and he is also one of the twenty-four generals of Takeda."

Li Yi walked over and looked at it, shook his head, the greatest collection value of the whole body armor lies in its integrity, most of this piece is missing, let alone exchange it, I'm afraid the Japanese themselves will not buy it.

"How much does this cost?" Li Yi still decided to learn about the market.

"Sir, this one is only 14 million yen, which is already a good price relative to its collectible value, you see, it's like this helmet, and the mask, in fact, they can be collected separately."

Li Yi took the mask and looked at it, habitually opened the spirit identification card, and then he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Okay, then please help me wrap this set of armor!" ”

"Hey, thank you so much, I'll wrap it for you right away."

The staff bowed to Li Yi in surprise, like this kind of broken armor, even if it is a celebrity, it is not very easy to sell, but I didn't expect this Chinese person to even look at it, so he decided to buy it directly.

Did he think it would be a leak? Hehe, if you want to pick up the leakage of Japanese cultural relics in Japan, this Chinese person is inevitably too self-conscious, right? You know, armor is the clearest of all the antique categories!

But whatever, if he sells it anyway, the shopkeeper will definitely reward him well.

Seeing that man's expression of surprise mixed with contempt, the corners of Li Yi's mouth twitched, under normal circumstances, it was indeed impossible to pick up a leak in the whole body armor that had a very clear inheritance. But who let this armor be mutilated?

Originally, there should be nothing to pick up, but who asked the person who kept the armor to randomly find some other accessories in order to make this armor look less incomplete? And this accessory, it's a big leak!

The spirit card told Li Yi that the ghost mask made of metal did have a certain relationship with the Racecourse Shinbo, but it was not his, but his lord, Takeda Shingen!

Takeda Shingen was a famous politician and military strategist of Kai during the Warring States period of Japan, known as the "first general of the Warring States", and also known as the "first warlord of the Warring States".

The value of such a cow mask should be more than 14 million yen, right? Moreover, even if this mask is taken away, the remaining remnants should be able to sell for a lot of money, and this transaction will definitely not be a loss anyway!

As for why Takeda Shingen's mask appeared in the remnants of the armor of the Baba Shinbo, this is not something that Li Yi can figure out. However, this should be related to the fate of the Takeda family, after the death of Takeda Shingen, his two sons were not opponents of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu at all, and they were quickly exterminated, and Takeda's mask probably fell into the hands of Baba Nobubo at that time.

"By the way, I want to ask, how much is his mask and other collections worth of a celebrity of Takeda Shingen's level?" When the staff member handed the wrapped armor to Li Yi, Li Yi pretended to remember suddenly and asked.

"Every thing about a celebrity at this level is precious. Especially the things of the Takeda family, because of the extinction of the clan, the price is even more expensive......"

The man thought for a moment and stretched out five fingers, "If Mr. has Takeda-kun's mask there, I'm willing to pay 50 million yen to buy it!" (To be continued.) )