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| Tango01 | 11 Jun 2019 8:24 p.m. PST |
"…A quick summary cannot do the world of Japanese arms and armour justice, but for a whistle-stop tour of some of the essential points please read on! We start with the Japanese horse archer with his elite warrior status, wearing his flamboyant lamellar o-yoroi or ‘great armour' with the colourful silk lacing and large shoulder defences, his kabuto (helmet) with the spreading neckguard, and carrying the yumi a unique Japanese longbow fashioned for use on horseback…."
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