japanese suits of armour

[Greyman]

Originally Posted by Andrew

Mike, I'm pretty sure Japanese armor was not laquered wood, rather it was laquered metal plates.

Well, not really sure, just something I recall reading, but can't put my finger on right now. Is Rich out there to help us on this one?

I think you will find that the japanese used the following and more.....

Dog Hide

Paper

Wood

Cow hide

Deer hide

Iron
Copper
Brass {Later}
Silk
Fish skin
Shark teeth
etc,etc,etc.

The great thing about closing the doors to the world is that a society then concentrates and evolves methods peculiar to that society....can you imagine how surprised they were when the Matchlock arrived?.

[Andrew]

Mike, I missed your response earlier. Many thanks for the clarification.

Greyman, thank you for your input, as well. Welcome to the forum.

[tuancd]

Hi! everyone

For the armours I have at the moment they all are in lacquered forged iron.
actually fire weapons started to spread from the second half of the 17th century. That explain the change of style from plates of iron linked by silk and cuirass of bullet proof iron. In the 18th century there's a revival of the old style since the times where more peaceful.

Thanks for the enthusiasm
Cedric