Haidate
Haidate | |
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Information | |
Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
Designations: | Haidate |
Use: | armor |
Region of origin / author: |
Japan , armory |
Distribution: | Japan |
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The Haidate ( Japanese 佩 楯 , German "hip protection") is the thigh protection of Japanese armor .
description
The Haidate resemble an apron . The upper part is made of silk , leather or brocade fabric . There are two incisions in this piece that resemble trouser pockets. The upper part is covered by the flaps (Kusazuri) of the breastplate ( Dō ). The part below consists of chain fabric and / or plate armor . The size and distribution of the plate armor vary. There are rectangular, wide or narrow panels, some of which are connected with silk ribbons, but also a mixture of a few panels and proportionally more chain armor. The Haidate is tied around the stomach like an apron with the help of two straps. When dressed, it reaches about your knees. Depending on the type of materials used, they have different names.
literature
- Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook: Secrets of the samurai. A survey of the martial arts of feudal Japan. Tuttle Publishing, Rutland VT 1991, ISBN 0-8048-1684-0 , p. 199.
- Stephen R. Turnbull: Samurai armies, 1550-1615 (= Men-at-arms Series. ). Color Plates by Richard Hook. Osprey Publishing, 1979, ISBN 0-85045-302-X , p. 24.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times. With an Introduction by Donald J. LaRocca. Courier Dover Publications, Mineola NY 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , p. 274.