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Dō-maru
Takahisa Shimazu, variously dignified domaru
- Armor Type
- Dō-maru
- Attributed To
- Takahisa Shimazu
Source & Attribution
- Reproduction
- 甲冑工房 丸武
- Product ID
- [Y-036]
- Image Usage
- Used with permission
- Source
- 甲冑工房 丸武
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About This Armor Type
The dō-maru (胴丸, "round body") emerged in the late Heian and flourished through the Kamakura and Muromachi periods as a tighter-fitting cuirass suited to infantry and lower-ranking warriors. Built of the same laced kozane as the ō-yoroi, it wraps fully around the body and opens under the right arm, trading the box-like mass of the ō-yoroi for greater mobility. Its lighter sode and closer-fitting shikoro reflect the shift toward fighting on foot.
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