Small armor - Kogusoku

A general term for accessories to armor. Actual remains have already been found on armor excavated from ancient tombs, but this name has been seen since the Kamakura period in records and military tales, including the Azuma Kagami. The helmet, torso, and sleeves were called Mitsumono, and armor consisting of these three parts was called Yoroi, and Gusoku, which means it was a set of equipment, was called Gusoku, while Kogusoku referred to accessories such as Hatsumuri, Nodowa, Kote, Hizayoroi (Haidate), and Suneate, and later cheek guards and Wakiate were added. The Jokyu-ki states, "Moritsuna took off his armor and wore only small armor and a sword." Also, as depicted in the Shutsujinkage (Shadows of a Battle), housed in the Jizo-in Temple in Atsuta, Moritsuna was described as setting out in small armor without armor, wearing only a hitatare (a traditional Japanese robe), a side shield, and small armor.

[Motoo Yamagishi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

甲冑(かっちゅう)の付属具の総称。実遺例はすでに古墳出土の甲冑に認められるが、この名称は鎌倉時代以来、『吾妻鏡(あづまかがみ)』をはじめ、記録や軍記物語の記述にみえる。兜(かぶと)・胴(どう)・袖(そで)を三つ物(みつもの)といい、この3部分で一領を構成する甲冑を鎧(よろい)ととなえ、物の具(そな)わる意味をもって具足とよんだのに対し、小具足は半首(はつむり)・喉輪(のどわ)・籠手(こて)・膝鎧(ひざよろい)（佩楯(はいだて)）・臑当(すねあて)などの付属具をさし、のちに頬当(ほおあて)・脇当(わきあて)などが加わった。『承久記(じょうきゅうき)』に「盛綱(もりつな)鎧ハ脱(ぬぎ)テ小具足ニ太刀計(たちばかり)帯テ」とあり、また、熱田(あつた)地蔵院所蔵『出陣影』に描かれているごとく、鎧を着ず鎧直垂(ひたたれ)に脇楯(わいだて)および小具足の武装を小具足の出立(いでたち)ととなえた。

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