Thursday, May 11, 2006
Yoroi 5
The power of the bow in those days was weak. Then, the string of the bow couldn't be pulled from the form of the armor strongly. Therefore, a battle was done at point-blank range. The idea to defend an arrow is being given with the yoroi. That one is the Shoji-no-ita. A board is being fixed on both sides of the neck. See a photograph. It is the oval-shaped board of both sides of the string of the skull. This is the Syoji-no-ita. The skull was taken off when the warrior had to pull a bow strongly.
