One-piece Tensile Muscle-Fused Star Helmet - One-piece Tensile Muscle-Fused Star Helmet

…Medieval helmets are called star helmets because the heads of the rivets that are put together are much larger than those of ram helmets. There are two types of star helmets: one in which the helmet is made of a single iron plate, with the rivets pressed down, called a one-piece sujibuse star helmet, and one made of five or ten or more trapezoidal metal plates that are joined together and riveted. Ones with particularly large stars are called igaboshi. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ichi-mai Tensin Kin Fussei Helmet" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中世の冑は衝角付冑にくらべてはぎあわせの留鋲の頭がひじょうに大きくなったところから，星冑（ほしかぶと）といわれる。これには鉢を1枚の鉄板で打ち出し，筋を伏せ鋲を打った一枚張筋伏星冑（いちまいばりすじぶせのほしかぶと）と，5枚あるいは10枚以上の台形板金をはぎあわせて鋲留めしたものとの2種がある。とくに星のいちじるしく大きいものを厳星（いがぼし）といっている。…

※「一枚張筋伏星冑」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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