Metal fittings - metal fittings

... In addition, the metal fittings that decorate the kusazuri, sleeves, or diamond-stitched boards, the brow visor, sandalwood crown plate, and fukigaeshi, and the eight-pair metal fittings on the border plate are also prominent decorations of o-yoroi. The chest plate, side plate, shoji plate, side shield plate, helmet brow visor, sleeve crown plate, sandalwood crown plate, and dovetail plate are made of iron plate as a base, wrapped in dyed leather, usually with a small border of red five-star leather, and braided with colored threads, and are collectively called metal fittings. The cotton bite, bat attachment, string run, and helmet fukigaeshi, etc., where the small scale base is covered with dyed leather or the leather core is wrapped in dyed leather, are collectively called leather parts. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "metal fittings" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　なお，草摺や袖，あるいはの菱縫板を飾る裾金物，眉庇，栴檀の冠板，吹返しに打った据文金物，境粧（けしよう）板の八双金物なども大鎧のいちじるしい装飾である。胸板，脇板，障子板，脇楯の壺板，兜の眉庇，袖の冠板，栴檀の冠板，鳩尾板などのように鉄板を地として，染韋で包み，ふつう紅五星韋（べにのいつつぼしがわ）で小縁をとり，色糸で伏組みを施した部分を総称して金具回りという。また綿嚙，蝙蝠付，弦走，兜の吹返しなど，小札地を染韋で張り，または革を心に染韋で包んだ部分を革所と総称している。…

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