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Title: The Russo-Japanese war fully illustrated : v. 1-3 (no. 1-10), Apr. 1904-Sept. 1905
Year: 1904 (1900s)
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Subjects: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Publisher: Tokyo : Kindodo-shosekikabushiki-kaisha (The Kinkodo publishing co)
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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hich was often leftexposed when thesword-arm w^as raisedfor a blow, w^as anadditional piece of pro-tective armour knownas wakidate, and therewere other pieces ofprotective armour forthe trunk kno^vn asdomara, haramaki orbara-ate. The kusa-zuri of the lower ranksconsisted of eightpieces instead of four,to promote agility ofmovement. The ar-mour was made ofsmall plates of leather(or iron, as the casemight be) sewed to-gether with thread ofvarious colours, (hiodosbij kurenai-susogo, murasaki-susogOj kozakura^ and kisenaga were also sometimesemployed. The helmet was calledKabuto, the part covering the head unohanaj &c.). The arms were pro-being bacbiy the part tised for protect- tected by kotc, and the legs by greavesing the neck, sbikoro, and t)je metallic or suneate. A superior officer woredecorations in front, which looked armoured shoes of leather (tswraHu^/),like the horns of a stag aud w^hich and private soldiers generally woredenoted the rank of the wearer, being straw sandals.
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A Shirahvoshi, in the Age of the Kamakura Government. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE JAPANESE PEOPLE. 599 A samurai going to the front neverneglected the etiqutte. of dressing.Under his armour he constantly worean eboshi or hat, and the full dressproper to his rank (shitatare, suikan,sashinaki, oguchi). The eboshi wornin battle was made of some softmaterial, and not of stiff paper aswas the usual custom on other oc-casions. Shitatare and suikan wereshirts or singlets, and sashi-tiuki oroguchi trousers or drawers. The shi-tatare was often made of brocade,richly embroidered, a generars shita-tere being of a red colour. It miisthave been very hot and uncomfortable,but that does not seem to havetroubled the warriors of ancient times.An officer of this period would oftenwear a helmet with three or fourheavy shikoro or neck-guards, and- itwas nothing out of the common forhim to put on two or three suits ofarmour at once. The horo, or plume, was introducedabout the year A.D. 860, and servedto pr

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