Friday, May 05, 2006
Yoroi 2
The beginning of Japanese armor
A part of the wooden armor is excavated from the remains of about the Yayoi Period middle(B.C. the fourth century-the 3rd century). The armor of this age is called Tanko. An armor becomes made of the metal in the Kofun Period (3rd century-7th century). The sane comes to be used. Sane is the board of the size which made a calling card half length-ways. The armor of this age is called as Keiko. The sane is connected with the side with the string. And the sane which became one sheet of board-shaped is connected in the bottom from the top with the string. It is said as Odoshi that it is connected by the string. This string is said as Odoshi-ge. The material of Odoshi-ge is in such cases as silk, the cotton, the deerskin and the aya. The aya is the silk thread knitted in the slant line pattern. It is the Heian Period end(12th century) that the form of the Japanese yoroi is completed. The technology of the odoshi makes the beauty of the yoroi.
