Eboshi-Kabuto
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Eboshi-Kabuto |
| Use: | helmet |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan , armory |
| Distribution: | Japan |
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The Eboshi- [no-] Kabuto ( Japanese 烏 帽子 [の] 兜 , "Eboshi helmet") also Naga-Eboshi- [no-] Kabuto ("Lang-") is a helmet from Japan.
description
The Eboshi-Kabuto is made of steel , leather or wood. There are different shapes, one of which is flat and worn as a cap under the kabuto as padding. The other is the form of the Kabuto described here. It comes from Eboshi , a hat shape that is worn at court or by Shinto priests. The Eboshi Kabuto consisted of a steel inner helmet on which the Ebōshi attachment made of leather or wood was placed and fastened. The leather or wood was lacquered and often decorated with pictorial lacquer work.
The Daimyō Katō Kiyomasa (1562-1611) wore a famous Eboshi-Kabuto , which can be seen on many paintings and monuments of his person. As a maedate, he wore a sun and underneath a horizontal crescent moon.
literature
- Anthony J. Bryant: Sekigahara 1600. The final struggle for power (= Osprey Military. Campaign 40). Osprey Military, Oxford 2003, ISBN 1-85532-395-8 , p. 76.
- Anthony J. Bryant: The samurai. Warriors of medieval Japan, 940–1600 (= Elite Series 23). Color Plates by Angus McBride. Osprey Publishing, London 1989, ISBN 0-85045-897-8 , p. 61.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen R. Turnbull: Samurai armies, 1550-1615 (= Men-at-arms Series. ). Color Plates by Richard Hook. Osprey Publishing, 1979, ISBN 0-85045-302-X .
