Scholars agree that Japanese armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the discovery of the cuirass and basic helmets in graves. During the Heian...
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gusoku, "full suit of armour"), was a type of lightweight portable folding Japanese armour worn during the feudal era of Japan by the samurai class and...
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hexagon shaped armour plates used in the construction of Japanese armor worn by samurai and ashigaru (foot soldiers) of feudal Japan. Kikkō refers to...
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Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing...
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Kusari katabira (Japanese: 鎖帷子; "chain + single-layer robe") is the Japanese term for mail armour. Kusari is a type of armour used by the samurai class...
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Auxiliary armour in a set of Japanese armour are optional pieces worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan in addition to the traditional six armour components...
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samurai armour. By the late Heian period Japanese lamellar armour developed into full-fledged samurai armour called Ō-yoroi. Japanese lamellar armour was...
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chainmail). The part of armour on the hand is called the gauntlet, which is based on a French word. The following components of Japanese armour roughly match the...
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reached Japan around the 5th century. These early Japanese lamellar armours took the form of a sleeveless jacket, leggings and a helmet. Armour did not...
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of early Japanese cuirass constructed from iron plates connected by leather thongs. At the beginning of the Sengoku period Japanese armour typically...
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components of Japanese armour worn by the samurai and ashigaru or foot soldiers of feudal Japan. The predecessor of the dō was manufactured in Japan as early...
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Men-yoroi (redirect from Mengu (Japanese facial armour))
mengu (面具), are various types of facial armour that were worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. These include the sōmen, menpō, hanbō...
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armour are mentioned in the ancient Chinese book of poetry, Shi Jing. Japanese (samurai) individual scales are called kozane. Japanese scale armour constructed...
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History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan" p.88 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Japanese karuta armor. Anthony Bryant's online Japanese armour manual...
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term for the three armour components that protected the extremities of the samurai class of feudal Japan. Traditional Japanese armour had six main components...
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Chain mail (redirect from Mail (armour))
Japanese riveted mail, round riveted rings. Examples of Edo period Japanese (samurai) mail kusari. Riveted mail and plate coat zirah bagtar. Armour of...
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resembling laminar armour (e.g. Roman lorica segmentata) Kalantar (Russian: Калантарь): square plates embedded in mail, very similar to the Japanese karuta tatami-do...
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including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour. The first major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on...
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Munition armour (also "munitions-grade armour", "munition quality armour") was mass-produced armour stockpiled in armouries to equip both foot soldiers...
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for protection. Lamellar armour was supplemented by scale armour since the Warring States period or earlier. Partial plate armour was popular from the Eastern...
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Kabuto (category Samurai armour)
helmet first used by ancient Japanese warriors that, in later periods, became an important part of the traditional Japanese armour worn by the samurai class...
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body heat retention during the winter. Japanese armour Samurai, warfare and the state in early medieval Japan (Google eBook), Karl Friday, Psychology...
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Generation and Deep Space Nine Keiko (film), a 1979 Japanese film Keiko, a kind of Japanese armour Keiko Fujimori, Peruvian politician and daughter of...
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Property, Tokyo National Museum. Japanese attack ships Mongol soldiers, second version Mongol ships, second version Japanese armour ō-yoroi, National Treasure...
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armored. Naval armour consists of many different designs, depending on what the armour is meant to protect against. Sloped armour and belt armour are designed...
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Bōgu (redirect from Tare (armour))
Bōgu (防具, "armour"), properly called kendōgu (剣道具, "kendo equipment"), is training armour used primarily in the Japanese martial art of kendo, with variants...
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Kongō-class battlecruiser (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
heavily armoured as later Japanese capital ships. Nevertheless, the Kongō class possessed significant quantities of armour, and were heavily upgraded...
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Armoured warfare (redirect from Armour branch)
the resulting Japanese defeat prompted a series of complaints by the Imperial Army to incorporate improvements in future Japanese armour. This is the primary...
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Composite armour is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different materials such as metals, plastics, ceramics or air. Most composite armours are...
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Armour with two or more plates spaced a distance apart falls under the category of spaced armour. Spaced armour can be sloped or unsloped. When sloped...
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