Thursday, May 25, 2006
Yoroi 16
The kote, The suneate, The haidate
The kote covers an arm from the hand. The suneate covers a shin. The haidate covers a thigh. It seems that the haidate was used from about the Nanboku-cho Period. A ieji is surely used for the kote, the suneate and the haidate. Ieji is called Ie-ginu or Odoshi-ginu, too. Silk, cotton, hemp, kinran, donsu, cotton, velvet, woolen cloth, and so on are used for Ieji. A kinran interweaves cloth with the golden yarn, and it is the textile which shows a pattern. A donsu is satin. A chain and hardware or Sane is sewn on the ieji. Hardware is in such cases as the board of the iron called Shino. As for the ieji, the triple structure of the right face, the lining cloth and the foundation is general. But, there is a single, too.
