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20 September 2021

The helmet of samurai armour - the kabuto - can have different shapes. These may depend on the period in which they were made, and thus on the...

15 July 2021

What do the symbols on a samurai helmet mean? Traditionally, a helmet of samurai armour (kabuto) bears an attached decoration on the front called...

01 July 2021

Buying Samurai Armor Are you looking for an original antique samurai armor and finally want to buy it? Whether you want to buy an armor part, such...

11 May 2021

Japanese terminology for classifying samurai swords is quite precise. Since only samurai were allowed to carry a long sword in ancient Japan, the...

23 April 2021

The sode are the "shoulder straps", the elements of samurai armor used to defend against lateral attacks. The sode were generally square in shape,...

11 March 2021

One of the most typical features of samurai armor is the colored binding that holds the various parts together. Since ancient times, the ō-yoroi...

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