A black and white portrait photograph of a seated man in traditional Japanese armour. He is sitting on a wooden chair with his legs spread. This is includes a metal helmet and breastplate. His left hand is resting on his left thigh and his right hand is holding an object, possibly a sheathed dagger or batton, resting on this right thigh. He has a sword in a scabbard on his left hip. The photograph was taken indoors, probably in a commercial photography studio; there is a plane wall or screen behind him. Original caption (handwritten in ink beneath): 'Japanese in Armour'.