Monday, May 22, 2006
Yoroi 14
The gyoyo
The gyoyo are two sheets of boards which hang down at the front of the shoulder. An early domaru didn't use the sodes. Instead, an iron board was attached. this is the gyoyo. The gyoyo is the ornament of a cord to put on the head of the horse, the breast and the tail. Because a form looks alike, two sheets of boards of the domaru are called gyoyo, too. In other words, it didn't need to attach sodes to domaru. The sode were attached when it was armed to the teeth. Then, the gyoyo was moved at the front of the shoulder.
