Helmet - Helmet

Japanese: 冑∥兜 - かぶと

Iron armor worn on the head. There are two types of armor excavated from ancient tombs: short armor and keikou, and there are also two types of helmets: shoukakutsuki kabuto (helmet with a horn) and mabisashitsuki kabuto (helmet with a brow visor). Based on their shape, shoukakutsuki kabuto is thought to belong to short armor, while mabisashitsuki kabuto is thought to belong to keikou. However, as can be seen in the haniwa clay figurines of warriors wearing keikou armor excavated in the Kanto region, almost all of them are equipped with shoukakutsuki, and the relationship between the two types of armor and helmets in ancient times is not necessarily fixed. Rather, it should be considered that shoukakutsuki kabuto and keikou helmets were often used together.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

頭にかぶる鉄製の武具。古墳から出土する甲（よろい）には短甲と挂甲（けいこう）の2種があり，冑にも衝角付冑（しようかくつきかぶと）と眉庇付冑（まびさしつきかぶと）の二つがある。形の上で衝角付冑は短甲に，眉庇付冑は挂甲に属するものと思われる。しかし関東地方出土の挂甲着装武人の埴輪に見られるように，ほとんどすべてが衝角付冑をつけており，古代の2種類の甲と冑との所属関係はかならずしも固定的なものではない。むしろ，衝角付冑と挂甲がいっしょに用いられたことが多かったと考えるべきであろう。

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