Joy of Yoroi: How to Wear Japanese Armor
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2023
- Learn how to wear yoroi and how clever armor designs protected the samurai. With a background in iaido, Lynn Miyauchi is a yoroi enthusiast - and after following along in this journey, you will become one too!
If you are interested in borrowing a samurai yoroi set, please contact the Japan Foundation New York for more information.
**Please note that the gi, hakama, waraji, sarashi, prop swords, and jinbaori were provided by Lynn for the demonstration and are not included in the JFNY rental.
Image and music credits:
Print. Young warrior. Colour woodblock printed. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Ishijo, wife of Oboshi Yoshio, making a stroke with a naginata.© The Trustees of the British Museum
画題：巴御前出陣図 所蔵： 東京都立図書館
画題：「英勇一百伝」「巴御前」、所蔵： 東京都立図書館
画題：「巴御前」 所蔵：東京都立図書館
Tomoe Gozen Killing Uchida Saburo Ieyoshi at the Battle of Awazu no Hara. Ishikawa Toyonobu ca. 1750. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A Japanese Edo period wood block print of a samurai putting on a fundoshi (loincloth). Tanki Yoriaku: Hi Ko Ben ( Japanese book on samurai armor published in 1735). Hayakawa Kyuukei
Okubo Hikozaemon in his Tent (Jinchu no Okubo Hikozaemon) from Ehagaki sekai. 「陣中の大久保彦左衛門」By Artist unknown, Japanese, Publisher Kokkei shinbun sha. 1909. Museum of Fine Arts Boston. www.mfa.org/
[Samurai on horseback, wearing armor and horned helmet, carrying bow and arrows]. 1878. www.loc.gov/item/2009630054/
A Samurai on Horseback. Kusumi Morikage 久隅 守景. mid- to late 1600s. Cleveland Museum of Art
Myōchin Munemasa, Nimaidō tōsei gusoku armor with Tokugawa crest, completed by 1749. Portland Art Museum
Unknown Japanese. Okegawa-do Tosei Gusoku (Samurai Chest Armor with Riveted Cuirass). 18th century. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. www.mfah.org
Samurai Armor of the Gusoku type. Los Angeles County Museum of Art www.lacma.org
"Suit of armor, 2018-167," Princeton University Art Museums collections online, April 26, 2023, artmuseum.princeton.edu/colle....
画題：色々威二枚胴具足（七騎の鎧） 所蔵： 東京都立図書館
Artist: Sir Cubworth Track: Samurai Showdown
Unsheathed blade, deleted_user_2906614. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License. freesound.org/s/320521/
Sword pulled 2.wav, jobro. This work is licensed under the Attribution 3.0 License. freesound.org/s/74832/
I love watching videos about armours from all over the world and seeing parallels. Only so many ways to protect the human body after all.
It is a crime that this only has 921 views great video super interesting and very engaging!
Informative, witty, well done. Perfect music, and pronunciations, and I learned so much. Both Lynn and Sakuya did an excellent job.
Thank you!
4:31~ The _hakama_ worn in the vid is more for everyday use. When wearing suits of armor, a special _hakama_ called a _karusan_ (軽衫, light under-trousers). It has the hems tightened beforehand so the _sune-ate_ can be worn more easily.
21:52~ The standard method to secure the _menpou_ is to tie three square knots: one under the chin, one in front of the chin, and one behind the neck.
Very interesting video!
I’d never seen any video so detailed like this one before.
About the reason for wearing the right kote over the left one, according to my research, it’s because when shooting with a bow, the string might get stuck on the kote if the left one is over, and that would also be painful. So to avoid that, they would wear the right kote over the left one. This is the same reason why even male archers wear kind of a plate on the chest when practicing kyūdō, and also the reason why some old armors have a piece of leather on the torso part (dō).
This was very interesting thanks!
I'm so happy to see such a high quality CZcams video, thank you so much for making this video. This video has an excellent introduction.
Studying ancient Japanese armor (especially samurai armor) is one of my hobbies. Samurai armor is an absolute military masterpiece. Even if you're not an armor fan or a samurai fan, people are usually drawn to the amazing look of these armors, how full of personality and so different. Regarding the practicality of Japanese armor, I guess I have to say: A lot of people are interested in armor but biased because they tend to only focus on the protective aspect of the armor. But what Japanese armorers who made Japanese armor (especially samurai armor) were really after was the balance of the armor, which is reflected in the armor (Tosei Gusoku) that began to appear in the middle of the 16th century AD. These armors usually have good security (Tosei Gusoku ranges from about 20 lbs to 60 lbs. The heavier armor is safer but also brings more burden, so the samurai will customize according to personal experience and needs armor), due to the excellent construction of Tosei Gusoku armor, they have excellent agility and you will be comfortable wearing them. And Japanese armor is one of the few armors in the world that can be quickly put on and taken off alone.
Great video, let me thank you again.
Enjoyed this presentation. Sharing Japanese culture with clear expanations as to the thoughtful design. Many thanks!
Who were the crafts people who made samurai Armor? Its inspiring to see the craftsmanship and the art form
Thank you! JFNY bought its armor sets from "Samurai Store"
What are the pieces at 14:11 called? Thanks for the video
Hi.iwant to ask..
Is samurai wear open foot sandal like in video?