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The ō-yoroi could take up to 265 days to make, using 2000 kozane in its construction. The time, materials and labor meant that an o-yoroi was a substantial investment for a samurai. [11] It was big, boxy armor designed for use on horseback and was loose fitting.
The O-yoroi Armor of Ashikaga Takauji [白絲威褄取鎧（しろいとおどしつまどりよろい)] Shiro-ito Odoshi Tsumadori O-yoroi) is a piece of Japanese armour made for the shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, Ashikaga Takauji. [1] This piece of armor belongs in the Arms and Armor Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A man wearing Samurai armor and jinbaori (sleeveless jacket) turns around, 2019. Scholars agree that Japanese armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the discovery of the cuirass and basic helmets in graves. [1] During the Heian period (794–1185), the unique Japanese samurai armour ō-yoroi and dō-maru appeared. [2]
Early Japanese lamellar armour, called keiko, took the form of a sleeveless jacket and a helmet. [9] The middle of the Heian period was when lamellar armour started to take the shape that would be associated with samurai armour. By the late Heian period Japanese lamellar armour developed into full-fledged samurai armour called Ō-yoroi. [10]
Hatomune dou (dō) gusoku – (pigeon-breast chest armour or cuirass) were inspired by European peascod breastplate armour. Hatomune dou (dō) have a sharp central ridge running vertically down the front. Uchidashi dou (dō) gusoku – Embossed or hammered out relief on the front. Nanban dou (dō) gusoku – Armour made on the base of late ...
In the Sengoku period in the 16th century, when the scale of war increased and the guns called tanegashima became popular, the armor styles called ō-yoroi and dō-maru became outdated. As a response to the popularity of tanegashima, the armor style of tosei-gusoku (当世具足) was created.
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Men-yoroi (面鎧), also called menpō (面頬) or mengu (面具), [1] [2] [3] 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 or hanpō , and happuri .