Pigeon tail board - Kyubiita

Japanese: 鳩尾板 - きゅうびいた

...In addition, the armor's defensive properties were improved with the addition of metal fittings such as the crown plate, and the shoulder armor on both shoulders was transformed into a wide shield shape, resulting in large sleeves. The hand shield held in the left hand was made smaller and became a pigeon-tail plate, which, together with the sandalwood plate, served to protect the gap between the chest and the takahimo. A shoji plate was placed on the watagami (above the shoulder) where the armor was hung from the shoulder to protect the neck, and tsurubashiri-no-kawa (string-running leather) was stretched from the front of the torso to the left side to prevent the small scales from getting in the way of the bowstring when shooting a bow. ...

From 【Armor】

...The kusuzuri is divided into four sections: the front, the shuko (left side), the meteo (right side), and the hikishiki. Usually, five rows of small bills (some have four rows in the front and back) are hung down, and the hem board (hishinui board) is decorated with ridges and diamond stitching. A shoji board is erected on the watagami (cotton string) that extends from the back press board to both shoulders to protect the neck area, and a dovetail board and a sandalwood board are hung down to prevent gaps in the high string that connects the left and right chest boards at the end of the watagami. A ring for the large seat with a general horn is attached to the center of the reverse board on the back, and a large sleeve with five or seven stripes and a crown board is attached to both shoulders (illustration). ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "pigeon tail board" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また，冠板などの金具廻りによって防御性を高め，両肩の肩鎧は幅広の楯状に変化し，大袖となった。左手に持たれていた手楯は小型化して鳩尾（きゆうび）板となり，栴檀（せんだん）板とともに胸部と高紐（たかひも）の空隙を防御する装置となった。鎧を肩につる綿嚙（わたがみ）(肩上（わたがみ）)に障子板を立てて頸部を保護し，胴正面から左脇にかけて弦走韋（つるばしりのかわ）を張って，弓射の際，小札が弦の邪魔にならないようにしている。…

【鎧】より

…草摺は正面，射向(左脇)，馬手（めて）(右脇)，引敷（ひきしき）の4間にわかれ，ふつう小札板(垂れ)5段(前後を4段にしたものもある)を下げて裾（すそ）板(菱縫（ひしぬい）板)に畦目（うなめ）と菱縫を施す。背面の押付板から両肩にわたる綿嚙（わたがみ）にはくびの部分を守る障子（しようじ）板を立て，さらに綿嚙の手先の左右の胸板と引き合わせる高紐のあきを防ぐための鳩尾（きゆうび）板と栴檀（せんだん）板を垂らす。背面の逆板の中央には総角（あげまき）つきの大座の鐶（かん）を打ち，両肩に冠（かんむり）板のある5条ないし7条下りの大袖（おおそで）をつける(図)。…

※「鳩尾板」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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