Takase: Fine Japanese Calligraphy

APPENDIX—II GLOSSARY

Dōmaru	a corselet (a name which indicates the type of armour).
Ettyū-suneate	greaves with metal strips.
Gesan	modern tassets.
Hanpō	an iron mask, covering cheeks.
Haraate	a belly-guard (a name which indicates the type of armour).
Haramaki	a simple corselet (a name which indicates the type of armour).
Hatimanza	lit., “the seat of the God of Hatiman”: a hole at the top of the helmet bowl. It was believed the God of War dwelled in the hole.
Hatumuri	a half-face iron mask, covering brow and cheeks.
Hirosode	wide shoulder protectors.
Hisinui	an ornamental lacing part.
Hizayoroi	thigh protectors.
Hōate	an iron mask, covering cheeks.
Hosi	the head of a rivet.
Hotokedō	a plastron shaped after the breast of the image of Buddha.
Hukigaesi	lit., “blown back”: the front edges of the nape protector are turned back, as if blown back.
Iezi	fabric parts.
Imuke-no-kusazuri	the tasset put on the left side. At the time when bow-and-arrow fighting was

	prevalent, warriors would expose their left sides to the enemy, and therefore the tasset and shoulder protector on the left were made specially strong.
Imuke-no-sode	the shoulder protector put on the left shoulder (see above).
Itahaidate	plated thigh protectors.
Itadokoro	iron parts.
Ita-yoroi	plate armour
Kabuto	a helmet.
Kabuto-no-hati	a helmet bowl.
Kabuto-no-o	helmet cords.
Kabuto-no-wakidate	a kind of a crest inserted at both sides of a helmet.
Kamuri-no-ita	the top plate of shoulder protector.
Kanagumawari	metal parts.
Kanamono	metal accessories.
Kebiki	close lacing.
Kōmorizuke	the joining part of a side tasset.
Kote	sleeves.
Kozane	small scales.
Kusari	chain mail.
Kusazuri	tassets.
Kuwagata	antlers.
Kyūbi-no-ita	lit., “a board shaped like a pigeon’s tail”: a piece hanging at the left side of the breast-plate to protect the open space between the breast-plate and the arm. (Cf. p. 16)
Maekusazuri	a front tasset.
Mabisasi	a visor.
Mimiito	every scaled part of armour was laced with beautifully patterned leather thongs

	or silk braid at the edge, and these leather thongs and silk braid were called Mimiito (lit., “edge-string”).
Mizunomikan	a loop attached to both shoulder protectors. The shoulder protectors are tied with a string through the loops at the back to prevent the shoulder protectors from hanging down when the wearer crouches.
Munaita	the top plate on the breast of a corselet.
Nanban-gusoku	foreign armour.
Nanban-kusari	foreign chain mail.
Nawame	a lacing part.
Nodowa	a gorget.
Odokoro	cord parts.
Odosi	lacing.
Odosige	lacing braid.
Ōsode	big shoulder protectors.
Ōyoroi	great harness (a name which indicates the type of armour).
Sane	scales.
Sane-yoroi	scale armour.
Sendan-no-ita	lit., “a board of a Chinese bead-tree”: a piece hanging at the right side of the breast-plate to protect the open space between the breast-plate and the arm. (Cf. p. 16)
Sikoro	a nape protector attached to a helmet. One will find something like it on the lobster-tail helmet of the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe.
Sinobi-no-o	helmet cords.
Sinodare	a narrow metal strip for ornament, overlaid on the fore part of a helmet bowl.

Sinogote	sleeves with metal strips.
Sita-haramaki	lit., “under belly armour”: under mail (a name which indicates the type of armour).
Situkesode	modern shoulder protectors attached to sleeves.
Sode	shoulder protectors.
Suga	a neck protector attached to an iron mask.
Sugake	loose lacing.
Suneate	greaves.
Susokanamono	an ornamental metal part of the tasset.
Syōzi-no-ita	lit., “a board of screen”: a guard for the neck and shoulders.
Tekō	part of a sleeve covering the back of the hand.
Tubosode	long shoulder protectors.
Turubasiri	a smooth-surfaced plastron of a corselet
Uname	a lacing part.
Uwa-haramaki	lit., “upper belly armour”: corselet (a name which indicates the type of armour).
Watagami	shoulder bridges, holding the breast-plate and the back-plate of a corselet.
Yoroi	the generic term for armour.
Yoroihitatare	an armour dress.
Yurugi-no-ito	joining parts of modern tassets, made flexible.
Zingasa	a battle-hat.
Zunari (-no-kabuto)	a head-shaped helmet.