Iwai Yozaemon

Japanese: 岩井与左衛門 - いわいよざえもん

?-? Ada-Toyotomi - Armor maker in the early Edo period.
He lived in Nara and for generations, under the name Edoya, served the shogunate as a supplier of armor and cuffs. The armor he made to order for Tokugawa Ieyasu's dream was used in the Battle of Sekigahara, which led to a major victory, and so he made new armor every time a new shogun came along. In 1611, he was also ordered to inspect Nara sarashi cloth. He was born in Yamato (Nara Prefecture).

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

?－?　織豊-江戸時代前期の具足師。
奈良にすみ,代々江戸屋と称し幕府の具足,甲冑(かっちゅう)御用をつとめた。徳川家康の夢想による注文に応じてつくった甲冑が関ケ原の戦いにつかわれて大勝をえたことから,将軍がかわるごとに新調しておさめた。慶長16年(1611)には奈良さらしの検品御用も命じられている。大和(奈良県)出身。

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