Hotoke Thu
| Hotoke Thu | |
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Hotoke Do, breastplate of the saint |
| Use: | weapon |
| Working time: | around 16th century |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan , armory |
| Distribution: | Japan |
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The Hotoke Do also engl. Buddha's torso , the saint 's breastplate, is a breastplate (Do) worn by Japanese samurai with their armor.
description
The Hotoke Do is a breastplate that, unlike other Japanese armor, is made from a plate. A leather covering that was easy to work with was applied to this plate . This made it possible to incorporate or apply structures to the leather for decoration. The breastplates were also painted and fine paintwork was applied. The name comes from the round, well-fed bellies of the priests and monks from the monasteries, as well as from statues of Buddah . The shape of the Hotoke Do was adopted from European armor.
Individual evidence
- ^ Oscar Ratti, Adele Westbrook, Secrets of the samurai: a survey of the martial arts of feudal Japan , Tuttle Publishing, 1991, p. 202, ISBN 978-0-8048-1684-7
literature
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca: A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 (Reprint), page 301 f.
- Ian Bottomley, Anthony Hopson: Arms and armor of the samurai: the history of weaponry in ancient Japan. Publisher Crescent Books, 1993, ISBN 978-0-517-10318-0 .
