Kawagasa
| Kawagasa | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Kawagasa |
| Use: | helmet |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan |
| Distribution: | Japan |
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The Kawagasa is a helmet worn by Japanese soldiers and servants of the samurai .
description
The Kawagasa is made of a special leather ( Japanese Neri-Gawa). After tanning and processing , the leather was coated on both sides with varnish , which makes the leather very stable and durable. The paint was used to decorate and protect the leather from moisture. The Kawagasa have a semicircular dome, as well as an eye shield, which should protect against glare, and a short neck shield. A decorated button (Japanese: Tehen-No-Kanamono) is usually attached to the top, which is used to decorate and attach a helmet ornament. There are many versions of the helmet.
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 (Reprint), p. 346.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leonid Tarassuk, Claude Blair (Ed.): The complete encyclopedia of arms and weapons. The most comprehensive reference work ever published on arms and armor. Bonanza Books, New York NY 1986, ISBN 978-0-517-48776-1 , p. 294.
