Haramaki (armour)
Haramaki (腹巻, belly wrap) is a type of chest armour (dō) worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan and their retainers.
Description
Haramaki were originally constructed with the same materials as the ō-yoroi but designed for foot soldiers to use as opposed to the ō-yoroi which was for mounted warfare.[1] Haramaki refers to any Japanese armour which is put on from the front and then fastened in the back with cords. Other types of dō open from the side (ni-mai dō, dō-maru, maru-dō) instead of opening from the back as the haramaki does.
Modern haramaki are thick cloth undergarments worn around the belly to increase body heat retention during the winter.
See also
- Japanese armour
References
- ^ Samurai, warfare and the state in early medieval Japan (Google eBook), Karl Friday, Psychology Press, 2004 P.94
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haramaki dou (dō).
- Traditional Haramaki photographs
- Anthony Bryant's web site about construction and history of Japanese armor
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