- was
lighter and
allowed more flexibility. A four
piece box like
skirt (
kusazuri) of
similar construction to the rest of the
armor differentiated the ō-yoroi...
- pauldron) Han kote (gauntlet) Sode (roughly pauldron)
Suneate (greave)
Kusazuri (fauld or t****et)
Wakibiki (bezagews)
Nodowa (gorget)
Kusari katabira (hauberk)...
- of iron and or
leather plates of
various sizes and
shapes with
pendents Kusazuri made from iron or
leather plates hanging from the
front and back of the...
-
expensive to make. The dō-maru, like the haramaki, has more
skirt plates (
kusazuri) than an ō-yoroi and is lighter, closer-****ing, and
cheaper to create...
-
Kawamura Kisaburō (川村 喜三郎). When he was 14
years old, he
became a
pupil of
Kusazuri Iwanosuke (草摺岩之助) in Osaka-sumo, and took the shikona, or ring name, Sagamigawa...
-
could also be used as the main
armour for the dō (chest armour), for the
kusazuri (t****ets) of the dō, and on the sode (shoulder armour). Many
types of ****anese...