Belly protector - Haraate

Japanese: 腹当 - はらあて

The simplest armor of the Middle Ages, worn only on the chest and abdomen. It was mainly worn by junior soldiers and was also worn under formal attire. Its existence has been known since the Kamakura period, and in the entry on the Battle of Kinugasa in the Genpei Seisuiki, it is written that "those who were good archers wore helmets, belly warmers, belly guards, and tsutsumaru armor," and its shape can be seen in the Raigoji Temple's Ten Worlds Map. There are very few surviving examples, and the most famous is a red-laced belly guard that was bestowed by Ashikaga Yoshinori to the Matsuura family. It consists of two tiers of standing armor on the chest board, a long side body part slightly hanging on both sides, and a small grass skirt. It is a simple piece with long leather cords coming out from both ends of the long side to make shoulder straps (watagami) and combined with the high strings on the chest board.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

胸腹部に当てるだけの最も簡単な中世の甲（よろい）。もっぱら下卒用で，装束の下などにも着用した。鎌倉時代からその存在が明らかになっており，《源平盛衰記》の衣笠合戦の条に〈弓よく射る者共は，冑（かぶと）を着させ，腹巻，腹当，筒丸などを着て〉などと見え，その形状は来迎寺の十界図の中に見えている。遺品はきわめて少なく，松浦家に足利義教からの拝領として伝えられる赤糸威（おどし）の腹当が著名である。胸板に2段の立挙（たてあげ），さらに両脇にわずかにかけた長側（なががわ）の胴と，小形の草摺（くさずり）からなり，長側の両端から長い皮の緒を出して肩上(綿嚙)（わたがみ）とし，胸板の高紐（たかひも）とかけ合わせた簡易なものである。

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