Saturday, May 20, 2006
Yoroi 12
A leader wore an o-yoroi.
It used in the Kamakura Period from the Heian Period end (12th~14th century). The Mongolian army attacked Japan in the Kamakura Period(1274). The Japanese army fought hard at this time. It is because the tactics of the Mongolian army was rational. The Mongolian army was the collective right of attack by the infantry. The Japanese army had to change tactics. That is the collective right of attack by the infantry. An o-yoroi stopped almost being used in the Nanbokutyo Period(1334~1392).
It owns the kozakura-odoshi-yoroi and the kon-ito-odoshi-yoroi in Itsukushima shrine Hiroshima Prefecture. The yoroi of this photograph is displayed in Matsue castle Matsue City Shimane Prefecture .
