Yoroi Armor
Title
Yoroi Armor
Description
From the beginning of their rule, the shogunate promoted a culture that combined aspects of samurai culture and the arts of the imperial court, with the balance between the two shifting in accordance with the interests of the individual shogunate and their advisers.
This armor was laced in white silk and had diagonal bands of multicolored lacing at the edges os the skirt and the now missing sode (shoulder guards). The colored lacings symbolized the rainbow, a token of good fortune and fleeting beauty. The breastplate is stenciled leather that bears an ornate depiction of teh powerful Buddhist deity Fudo Myo-o, whose fierce appearance and attributes of calmness and inner strength were highly prized and sought to be emulated by samurai.
This armor was laced in white silk and had diagonal bands of multicolored lacing at the edges os the skirt and the now missing sode (shoulder guards). The colored lacings symbolized the rainbow, a token of good fortune and fleeting beauty. The breastplate is stenciled leather that bears an ornate depiction of teh powerful Buddhist deity Fudo Myo-o, whose fierce appearance and attributes of calmness and inner strength were highly prized and sought to be emulated by samurai.
Date
Late kamakura period (1185-1333), early 14th century.
Format
Lacquered iron and leather, silk, stenciled leather, copper-gilt.
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