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Antique Japanese wood block print of a samurai putting on a shitagi. Outside of Japan, shitagi (下着, lit. "under clothing") (also gusoku shita) refers to a type of shirt worn by the Samurai class of feudal Japan when they were wearing full armour. [1] In the common and modern use of Japanese language, however, "shitagi" just means underwear.
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Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who served the Kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century. Samurai eventually came to play a major political role until their abolition in the late 1870s during the Meiji era. [1] [2]
Worn by samurai and courtiers during the Edo period, the outfit included a formal kimono, hakama, and a sleeveless jacket with exaggerated shoulders called a kataginu. Samurai visiting the shōgun and other high-ranking daimyō at court were sometimes required to wear very long hakama called naga-bakama (lit. ' long hakama ').
The Samurai Shokai company (Japanese: サムライ商会), also written Samurai Shokwai, was an art and antique shop based in Yokohama, Japan which developed an international reputation. Founded in 1894, it was completely destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake but was rebuilt and continued to operate until 1965.
Kyahan were worn as padding underneath the samurai greaves . Some types of kyahan could be covered with mail armour (kusari kyahan or kyahan suneate); these were worn by foot soldiers or by samurai as protection. [2] Kyahan were worn by ordinary travelers as protection from cold, insects and underbrush. [3]
Luxurious and heavily armed ō-yoroi were worn by senior mounted samurai, while the lighter dō-maru were worn by lower-class infantry samurai. [2] The Japanese cuirass evolved into the more familiar style of armour worn by the samurai known as the dou or dō. Japanese armour makers started to use leather (nerigawa), and lacquer was used to ...