Talk:Maeda Toushirou/@comment-112.202.166.170-20170531033927/@comment-30214985-20170531070230

Most simply, the Japanese wiki calls it a kabuto (helmet), and speculates that it's modeled on Maeda Toshiie's 金鯰尾兜 (kin-namazuo-(no)-kabuto, "gold catfish-tail helmet"), a replica of which can be seen on the grounds of Oyama Jinja in Kanazawa. There's also a similar helmet on the Maeda Toshiie statue at Kanazawa castle: http://www1.clovernet.ne.jp/kinopio_mura/history/statue/maedatoshiie.html

Also, this site says that although it's commonly called a gold catfish-tail helmet, its true name/description is 『金小札白糸素懸威胴丸具足（きんこざねしろいとすがけおどしどうまるのぐそく）』, which I'm not going to bother trying to translate, since "gold catfish-tail helmet" is good enough for the wiki.

OT, but speaking of catfish-tail helmets, Toshiie's son Maeda Toshinaga had this silver catfish-tail helmet that's 137 cm tall.