Sunday, June 04, 2006
Yoroi 21
A haramaki was devised as a simpler armor. A haramaki is the armor that a hara-ate being used as a simple kit or the one for the infantryman in the Kamakura Period was improved. A hara-ate is the armor which protects the front of the trunk and the side. Three sheets of kusazuri were attached. In other words, a hara-ate is minimum kit. A haramaki which began to be used in the Kamakura Period defended a wider range. The kusazuri were increased in five sheets. The gap on the back of a haramaki was big. A samurai doesn't run away during the battle. In other words, the back is never turned to the enemy. Therefore, there is no problem. It could think about a haramaki like that. The kusazuri were increased in seven sheets in the Muromachi Period(1392~1573). Then, the part called Seita defended a gap on the back. The sode and the kabuto were attached, and a general was armed to the teeth.
