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Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. 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.
A samurai wearing an ō-yoroi; two of the large skirt-like kusazuri can be seen—Ō-Yoroi had four kusazuri, unlike other armour of the era, which usually had seven kusazuri. The ō-yoroi (大鎧) is a prominent example of early Japanese armor worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The term ō-yoroi means "great armor". [1]
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 ...
The mask that represents a woman who has become a demoness is hannya, and hannya is also called chūnari or nakanari (中成) in contrast to namanari. [3] The mask that represents a demoness who becomes even more furious and looks like a snake is a jya (蛇), meaning 'snake', and the one that is even more furious is shinjya (真蛇), meaning ...
The kabuto was an important part of the equipment of the samurai, and played a symbolic role as well, which may explain the Japanese expressions, sayings, and codes related to them. For instance, Katte kabuto no o wo shimeyo translates literally to "Tighten the string of the kabuto after winning the war".
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The Samurai Museum Berlin is a private museum of artifacts and art objects of the Japanese samurai class, from the private collection of the builder Peter Janssen. [1] [2] It opened in 2022 and is located in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany. [3] Samurai Museum Berlin Samurai Suit of Armor, Samurai Museum Berlin
Bōgu (防具, 'armour'), [1] properly called kendōgu (剣道具, 'kendo equipment'), is training armour used primarily in the Japanese martial art of kendo, [2] [3] with variants used for jūkendō, tankendo, and naginata.