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Hmm....off to battle. Squid on my head today..or just a crayfish? :lol: :D

Excellent pics Carlo, some amazing workmanship in those.

I also found some interesting pics if you search for Japan horse armor.

Some of them look more for show than actual use, due to balance and/or weight.

Would they all have been battle armor, or were many of them purely for ceremonial use?

 

Brian

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Hi Brian. Yes, I'm interested in armor too. Most of the Kawari-kabuto

were either for "show-off" or to be recognized on the battlefield either by

enemies and allieds. Of the above ones I think only the n.4, 7, 11 and the

armor for Ashigaru (at left) in the 12° were intended for practical

use. Many are Edo period, but extremely strange and scaring ones

were made even in the Sengoku.

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Dear Guys,

hi, I am a newbie to this forum and also very fresh in the Nihonto world.

As for Japanese armour and specially the pieces displayed at the Stibbert museum, there is also a good book available.

 

http://www.toriilinks-editions.com/f_catalogue.php

 

I do own a copy of the Stibbert book and the pictures of the Kabuto

are simply stunning.

 

Many greetings

Oliver

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