Rome vs Japan

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Hahahahaha Vortigern...... Indeed it is a bit strong worded......

my humble apologies....... and i dont even know wether I replied to this same quoted post earlier........

I will tone it down slightly......

FYI....... to keep in the abbreviation culture so thoroughly started by our Roman ancestors...

There is no evidence whatsoever for Japanese leather armor. The only leather fragments of what could be described as an armor like thingie...
are fragments dating back to the Jomon period 10.000 to 250 BC, and the Yajoi culture 300 BC. and 250 AD.

Iron armor 500 AD Yamato period



Leather appliques like cuire bouille were used to enhance armor and mainly kabuto, and after The Warring States period 戦国時代, sengoku jidai which lasted roughly from the middle 15th to the early 17th century, came to full bloom in the Edo period. 1630-1868.
Also the level of craftsmanship in applying Urushi lacqueredPaper mache (also to enhance kabuto) is still unsurpassed!





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