Haramaki
The Haramaki ( Japanese腹 巻 'belly wrap') is a Japanese type of armor .
description
The Haramaki developed from the simple chest and body protection (腹 当haraate ) of the Kamakura period . It was placed around the wearer's body and tied behind the back. Similar to the Dōmaru , this armor offered a high degree of freedom of movement and was initially mainly used by warriors ( Bushi ) of the lower ranks, i.e. the infantry. With the change in war tactics, the Haramaki was also used more frequently by the mounted warriors of the higher ranks and, like the Dōmaru, had its heyday in the Namboku-chō and Muromachi times . In the Azuchi Momoyama period , however, it was ousted by the Tōseigusoku . The type of armor, which is nowadays called Haramaki, was originally called Dōmaru, it was not until the end of the Muromachi to the beginning of the Edo period that today's name became established.
Others
A piece of Japanese underwear is also known as a haramaki. This corresponds roughly to the European body warmer . The warming of the middle of the body Hara is not only used against localized complaints, but above all against circulatory disorders in the extremities. This is based on the observation that when it is cold the human body first warms up the central, vital areas and also regulates the blood circulation in the extremities down.
literature
- 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 .
- Ian Bottomley, Anthony Hopson: Arms and Armor of the Samurai. The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan. Crescent Books, New York NY 1994, ISBN 0-517-10318-4 .
