pauldron) Han kote (gauntlet) Sode (roughly pauldron) Suneate (greave) Kusazuri (fauld or tasset) Wakibiki (bezagews) Nodowa (gorget) Kusari katabira (hauberk)...

was lighter and allowed more flexibility. A four piece box like skirt (kusazuri) of similar construction to the rest of the armor differentiated the ō-yoroi...

of iron and or leather plates of various sizes and shapes with pendents Kusazuri made from iron or leather plates hanging from the front and back of the...

expensive to make. The dō-maru, like the haramaki, has more skirt plates (kusazuri) than an ō-yoroi and is lighter, closer-fitting, and cheaper to create...

Kawamura Kisaburō (川村 喜三郎). When he was 14 years old, he became a pupil of Kusazuri Iwanosuke (草摺岩之助) in Osaka-sumo, and took the shikona, or ring name, Sagamigawa...

could also be used as the main armour for the dō (chest armour), for the kusazuri (tassets) of the dō, and on the sode (shoulder armour). Many types of Japanese...