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japanese_armor

Any type of traditional Japanese armor, typically worn by samurai.

Examples

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Kabuto (helmet) (helmet)

•• Shikoro (suspended neck guard on kabuto)

Menpoo (half-mask)
Nodowa (gorget) (crescent-shaped gorget)
Dou (breastplate or cuirass)

•• Horo (cloak) (balloon-shaped cloak attached to the back)

Sode (pauldrons)
Kote (vambraces)

•• Kurokote (black kote)

Kusazuri (faulds)
Haidate (thigh guards under kusazuri/cuisses)
Suneate (shin guards/greaves)

See also

Japanese clothes

•• Jinbaori (sleeveless jacket/vest typically worn over armor)
•• Kataginu (similar to jinbaori but tapers over the shoulders, typically worn over a kimono)
•• Waraji (straw sandals)

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