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This Dō-maru is an excellent example of a late Muromachi period (1392-1573) close fitting armor of a high ranking warrior. The suit is in superb condition and is laced in an unobtrusive earth tone color scheme, reflecting the sober taste of the time which is in stark contrast to the flamboyant styles that emerged in the subsequent Momoyama ...
Dō-maru, an early type of dō with no hinge that opened on the right side, constructed with hon kozane. Haramaki dou (dō) , originally an early type of dō which opened in the back, constructed with hon kozane, in later times "harimaki" was used to describe any dō that opened in the back.
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The dō-maru was fitted with huge sode as was the ō-yoroi, while the haramaki at first only had small leaf-shaped plates (gyōyō) over the shoulders serving as spaulders. Later, they would be brought forward to cover the cords that held the shoulder straps to the breastboard, replacing the sendan-no-ita and kyūbi-no-ita, and sode were ...
Cuirass (. Dō-maru. ) The dō-maru is a close-fitting cuirass with a multisection skirt developed to meet the demand for lighter armor. Of lamellar construction and fastening on the right side, the dō-maru was initially worn in feudal Japan by foot soldiers armed with staff weapons. By the Muromachi period (1392–1573), however, it gained ...
Dō-maru (胴丸), or "body wrap", was a type of chest armour (dou or dō) worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. Dō-maru first started to appear in the 11th century as an armour for lesser samurai and retainers. Like the O-yoroi style it became more common in the Genpei War at the end of the 12th century. There were quite a number of similar styles and types of Japanese armor; the dō ...
Cuirass and Taces (O-DO-Maru) A dō-maru is a type of armor originally worn by infantry in the Heian (794–1185) and Kamakura periods (1185–1333) and later worn by samurai. The dō (cuirass) ties at the right side and the kusazuri (multipart skirt pendant) is divided into seven sections.
Jan 26, 2021 · The dō, the cuirass of samurai armor, underwent many changes over the centuries, gradually adapting to innovations in the battlefield; some of the key ideas, however, persisted for centuries in the minds of Japanese armorers and already in the tanko, the first known model of armor, we can find, at an early stage, the archetypes on which the ...
