Kusari katabira is the Japanese term for mail armour. Kusari is a type of armour used by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. When the word kusari is used in conjunction with an armo
Edo period Japanese (samurai) chain armour or kusari gusoku
Rare 1800s photograph showing kusari katabira (chain armour jackets) and hachi-gane (forehead protectors) with kusari shikoro (chain armour neck guards) being worn
Riveted kusari sangu
Double butted 6 in 1 kusari
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Mail is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh. It was widely used in European militaries from the 3rd century BC to the 16th century AD, while in
Kusari (Japanese mail armour)
…Kusari katabira (Japanese: 鎖帷子; lit. 'chain + single-layer robe') is the Japanese term for mail armour. Kusari is a type of armour used by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. When the word kusari is used in conjunction with an armoured…
A 17th-century chainmail hauberk from El Bayadh, Algeria
The Vachères warrior, 1st century BC, a statue depicting a Romanized Gaulish warrior wearing mail and a Celtic torc around his neck, bearing a Celtic-style shield.
Fresco of an ancient Macedonian Greek soldier (thorakites) wearing mail armour and bearing a thureos shield
Mail armour and equipment of Polish medium cavalryman, from the second half of the 17th century