Kakeo - Kakeo

…meaning “through threads,” it refers to the damascene of armor. In the ancient Todaiji Temple Offerings Book, it was written as nuki, and in the Engishiki, it was written as kakeo. In other words, to compose armor, small plates are arranged side by side, overlapping each other halfway from the edge, and the lines that bind the small plates, which are then stitched horizontally with the holes at the bottom, are called damascene. In particular, the lines that pass through both ends of the small plates are called ear threads, and the stitching of the holes at the bottom of the skirt boards and skirt boards horizontally is called hishinui. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "keno" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…〈緒通し〉の意で，甲冑（かつちゆう）の（しころ）の威毛（おどしげ）をいう。古く《東大寺献物帳》には貫（ぬき），《延喜式》には懸緒（かけお）と記してある。すなわち甲冑を構成するのに，小札（こざね）を端から半ば重ね合わせて並列し，下方の緘孔（からみあな）で横綴じした小札板を一段一段上下に連ねて綴じる線を威毛といい，とくに小札板の両端を通す線を耳糸，草摺（くさずり）やの裾板（すそいた）の下方の孔を横にたすきに綴じたのを菱縫（ひしぬい）と称している。…

※「懸緒」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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