Fish scale shell

Japanese: 魚鱗甲 - ぎょりんこう
Fish scale shell

…The armor pieces for these armors were large and rectangular. There were also armors that used small oval pieces of armor and stitched them together to resemble fish scales (fish scale armor). In the early Han period, armor pieces were mainly large and rectangular, then moved on to ones that combined rectangular and small oval shapes, and further evolved into ones that resembled fish scales, made by stitching together small oval shapes. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "fish scale shell" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらの鎧の甲片は長方形の大型のものであった。別に,小さい楕円形の甲片を使用し,魚のうろこのようにとじ合わせたもの(魚鱗甲)もあった。漢代初期の甲片は長方形の大型が主流であり,ついで長方形と小型の楕円形とを組み合わせたものに移り,さらに小型楕円形のものをつづり合わせて魚鱗のようにしたものへと進展した。…

※「魚鱗甲」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。

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