Kogake and Kusari tabi
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Kogake tabi, kusari tabi, armored tabi |
| Use: | armor |
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Japan , armory |
| Distribution: | Japan |
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The Kogake ( Japanese 甲 掛 ［け］ ) and Kusari ( 鎖 , "chain") tabi are armored shoes from Japan.
description
The Kogake and Kusari tabi are tank shoes that are worn with the armor of the samurai (Yoroi). The armor consists of either plate armor or chain armor . The tabi with chain armor are called Kusari-Tabi , those with plate armor are called Kogake-Tabi . Only the top of the feet is armored. If the tabi are armored with chain mesh, the fabric is continuous from the ankle to over the toes. The plate armor is applied in several parts so that the shoe remains flexible enough. This type of tabi usually has no soles. In some versions, metal heels are attached under the kogake tabi , but only in versions in which the armor also covers the underside of the heel . The fabric stockings of the Tabi reach over the ankles of the foot and are tied there.
There is another type that is armored with chains, but more similar to a shoe and has a sole , or where the armor is made of sheets of lacquered leather . Usually simple shoes made of straw (waraji) are worn over this tabi .
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 .
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 (Reprint), pp. 596-597.