Collared short armor - Collared short armor

Japanese: 襟付短甲 - えりつきたんこう
Collared short armor - Collared short armor

…The shapes of the individual iron plates that make up the tanko vary in complex ways depending on where they are used, and also change depending on how they are assembled, so they are called rectangular, triangular, diamond-shaped, etc., depending on their characteristic shape. A special type of tanko, with a collar on the upper part of the back body to protect the back of the neck, is called a tanko with a collar. In Japan, there are remains of both triangular leather-bound and triangular riveted tanko, and one example of a tanko with vertical riveted fastenings has been excavated in Korea. A complete tanko has an attachment that covers the shoulders from around the neck, and a grass skirt that hangs down from the bottom. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "collared short armor" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…短甲を組み立てる個々の鉄板の形は,使用する場所によって複雑に相違するほか,組合せの方法によって変化を示すので,特徴的な鉄板の形によって,長方板,三角板,菱形板などと呼び分けている。短甲の特殊型式として,後胴の上部に頸(くび)の背面を保護する襟を設けた襟付短甲は,日本では三角板革綴と三角板鋲留との両者に遺品があり,韓国では竪矧式鋲留短甲の1例が出土している。 なお完備した短甲には,頸のまわりから肩を覆う付属具を用い,裾に草摺(くさずり)を垂下する。…

※「襟付短甲」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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