{"product_id":"japanese-samurai-ring-kabuto","title":"Japanese Samurai Ring 'Kabuto'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSamurai helmet ring, a masked face under a crested kabuto with neck guards\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA helmet on a finger. This ring is a samurai kabuto in steel, the horned crest on top, the riveted bowl beneath it, a masked face with a grimace and a moustache under the brim, and the layered neck guards falling at either side with a crest on each. The recesses are darkened so every rivet and every plate reads, and the whole sits well proud of the finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the most detailed ring in the collection and the one people turn over in their hand, and the face under the helmet is what they look at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kabuto, is the helmet, the samurai's, and the ring is one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ring is stainless steel, cast as one piece about 25 mm high, the recesses darkened and the high points polished, the neck guards forming the shoulders of the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it on the index or middle finger of either hand, and on its own. It goes with the black clothes in the range and with the hakama, and it is a ring for someone who wants the armour without the sword.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe neck guards are the detail: they are modelled as the layered plates of the real thing, three deep, with a small crest on the outer plate of each side, and they wrap the finger. The face beneath the brim has the grimace of the iron masks that were worn under a kabuto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a table it is a silver object on a hand. From close the object is a helmet, the rivets show their rows, and the face its grimace. It is the ring for someone who wanted the helmet in the museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery ring in the collection is photographed on the same pale ground at the same scale, so the pages compare with each other: what looks big here is big on the hand. The measurements given are taken across the face, not round the finger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteel does not tarnish, does not turn a finger green and does not mind water, so this ring can be worn in the shower and the sea and wiped dry after. A soft cloth is all the care it needs; the darkened recesses are a finish, not dirt, and they stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes are given as the inside circumference in millimetres: 57, 60, 62, 65, 67, 70. Wrap a strip of paper round the finger where the ring will sit, mark where it meets, and measure the strip flat. If you are between two sizes and the ring is wide, take the larger; a wide band needs more room than a thin one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"57","offer_id":59208024523100,"sku":"200000369:699","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":59208024555868,"sku":"200000369:350262","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"62","offer_id":59208024588636,"sku":"200000369:1583","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"65","offer_id":59208024621404,"sku":"200000369:100010420","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"67","offer_id":59208024654172,"sku":"200000369:1663","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70","offer_id":59208024686940,"sku":"200000369:200000296","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/japanese-samurai-ring-kabuto-1.jpg?v=1790584472","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/japanese-samurai-ring-kabuto","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}