Decode the legendary armor of Japanese samurai

Japanese Samurai is world famous with art, perfect fighting skills, absolute loyalty and honor to top. Contributing to the name of samurai is the legendary armor.

One of the objects of Japanese samurai warriors is armor. The samurai armor consists of armor (mempo) and mask . They are used by samurai warriors to protect the wearer. In particular, the armor also helps samuari put psychological pressure on the opponent.

The armor covers almost the whole samurai body.

Experts have investigated and studied the armor of samurai warriors and discovered many interesting things.

Specifically, the samurai armor is made of iron, silk trim, buckskin and gold-plated copper. Occasionally, samurai armor was fitted with multicolored decorations on the armor.

The armor covers almost all samurai bodies, including body parts such as hands, pelvis, calves and feet. According to estimates, the samurai armor weighs about 18kg. Because samurai's armor is quite elaborately crafted, it usually takes several months to complete.

The mask of samurai also plays an important role in armor. In fact, they are made to avoid head injury as well as to threaten, threaten the enemy's spirit when fighting. Therefore, the samurai mask often carries a devil face with whiskers made from horse mane.

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