The Russo-Japanese war fully illustrated : v 1-3 (no 1-10), Apr 1904-Sept 1905 . hich was often leftexposed when thesword-arm w^as raisedfor a blow, w^as anadditional piece of pro-tective armour knownas wakidate, and therewere other pieces ofprotective armour forthe trunk kno^vn asdomara, haramaki orbara-ate. The kusa-zuri of the lower ranksconsisted of eightpieces instead of four,to promote agility ofmovement. The ar-mour was made ofsmall plates of leather(or iron, as the casemight be) sewed to-gether with thread ofvarious colours, {hiodosbij kurenai-susogo, murasaki-susogOj kozakura^ and kis
The Russo-Japanese war fully illustrated : v 1-3 (no 1-10), Apr 1904-Sept 1905 . hich was often leftexposed when thesword-arm w^as raisedfor a blow, w^as anadditional piece of pro-tective armour knownas wakidate, and therewere other pieces ofprotective armour forthe trunk kno^vn asdomara, haramaki orbara-ate. The kusa-zuri of the lower ranksconsisted of eightpieces instead of four,to promote agility ofmovement. The ar-mour was made ofsmall plates of leather(or iron, as the casemight be) sewed to-gether with thread ofvarious colours, {hiodosbij kurenai-susogo, murasaki-susogOj kozakura^ and kisenaga were also sometimesemployed. The helmet was calledKabuto, the part covering the head unohanaj &c.). The arms were pro-being bacbiy the part tised for protect- tected by kotc, and the legs by greavesing the neck, sbikoro, and t]je metallic or suneate. A superior officer woredecorations in front, which looked armoured shoes of leather (tswraHu^/),like the horns of a stag aud w^hich and private soldiers generally woredenoted the rank of the wearer, being straw A Shirahvoshi, in the Age of the Kamakura Government. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE. 599 A samurai going to the front neverneglected the etiqutte. of his armour he constantly worean eboshi or hat, and the full dressproper to his rank {shitatare, suikan,sashinaki, oguchi). The eboshi wornin battle was made of some softmaterial, and not of stiff paper aswas the usual custom on other oc-casions. Shitatare and suikan wereshirts or singlets, and sashi-tiuki oroguchi trousers or drawers. The shi-tatare was often made of brocade,richly embroidered, a generars shita-tere being of a red colour. It miisthave been very hot and uncomfortable,but that does not seem to havetroubled the warriors of ancient officer of this period would oftenwear a helmet with three or fourheavy shikoro or neck-guards, and- itwas nothing out of the common forhim to put on two or three suits ofarmour at onc
Size: 1232px × 2029px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidcu3192407116, bookyear1904
