Samurai Full Dress for the Battle

April 9, 2011 April 9, 2011 Juju Kurihara 2 Comments

This is the full dress for the battle in the war period in Japan. Only the armour weighs 22-26kg, then they carried swords, arrows and a bow. With the full gear, it must've weighed nearly 40kg. I have no idea how they managed to ride on the horse and fought considering that Japanese people in that era were around 145cm of the height. Some had a beautiful decoration which weighed them even more.

This is Kabuto (兜 / helmet).

And this is the kabuto worn by a famous shogun, Shingen Takeda. Kabuto is decorated with white yak fur.

This is Kacchuu (甲冑 / amour).

Only wearing this weighs you enough not to scratch your head easily.

This is just a torso part. It fits your body tightly.

This is a Kenshin Uesugi's yoroi (鎧 / armour). Very sporty design, I think.

This is at the back.

At the end put this jin-baori (陣羽織 / coat)

2 Comments

Ryoma 7 years Reply

I found a interesting stuff; an extremely exquisite miniature of Shingen’s armor as Japanese SAKE bottle hold.
http://www.alexcious.com/products/detail2391.html

Do you like this?
- juju.kurihara 7 years
  
  Hi Ryoma
  
  This is very cool. Thank you!