Leather bag - Kawatsutsumi

Japanese: 革包 - かわつつみ
Leather bag - Kawatsutsumi

…The reason for dividing the kusazuri into eight pieces was to make it easier to walk, and until the end of the 13th century, it was used mainly by soldiers as an infantry suit. Therefore, the only accessories were a protective gear called gyōyō, which was a leaf-shaped iron plate wrapped in leather and covered with a ring around the shoulders, and the helmet was only used as needed from ōyoroi. The name domaru first appears in documents such as the Genpei Seisuiki and Nichiren's Shūshō Gofumū Gosho, but the existence of this type of armor before that is recognized in paintings such as Ban Dainagon Ekotoba, and the Oyamazumi Shrine in Ehime Prefecture has a relic of domaru dating back to the 13th century. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "leather bag" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…草摺を8枚に分けているのは歩行しやすいためであり,13世紀末ころまでは,もっぱら歩兵用として兵卒の間に用いられた。したがって付属具としては,肩に杏葉(ぎようよう)といって木の葉形の鉄板を革包みとして覆輪をかけた防御具をつけるだけで,冑(かぶと)も必要に応じて大鎧(おおよろい)のものを利用するにすぎなかった。胴丸の名称は,文献では《源平盛衰記》や日蓮の《種々御振舞御書》などから見えはじめるが,それ以前にこの種の形式の甲が存在したことは《伴大納言絵詞》をはじめとする絵画に認められ,愛媛県の大山祇(おおやまづみ)神社には13世紀にさかのぼる胴丸の遺品を伝えている。…

※「革包」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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