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The historicity of armor specifically made for ninja cannot be ascertained. While pieces of light armor purportedly worn by ninja exist and date to the right time, there is no hard evidence of their use in ninja operations. Depictions of famous persons later deemed ninja often show them in samurai armor.
For the most part the ō-yoroi was a rich man's armor and not used by lower ranking samurai. The armor was mainly worn by the higher ranking samurai on horseback. The lower ranking soldiers had armor that was similar to the ō-yoroi, but had fewer components, was lighter, and lacked the decorative markings of the higher ranking samurai. [4]
Antique Japanese samurai Edo Period suneate, shin protection with iron splints shino connected by chain armor kusari sewn to cloth, with small hexagon armor plates kikko protecting the knees. Antique Japanese samurai Edo period kôgake , armored tabi foot coverings, iron plates connected by chain armor kusari and sewn to cloth.
Jürgen Bieber: Ninja-to: The sword of the ninja, Verlag Autorenschmie.de, Wangen 2009, ISBN 978-3-940404-12-1 A Glossary of Arms and Armor, ed. George C. Stone, Southworth Press, 1961, p. 469 Secret Guide to Making Ninja Weapons, by Yamashiro Toshitora, Butokukai Press, 1986, ISBN 978-99942-913-1-1
The ninja used their art to ensure their survival in a time of violent political turmoil. Ninjutsu included methods of gathering information and techniques of non-detection, avoidance, and misdirection. Ninjutsu involved training in disguise, escape, concealment, archery, and medicine. Skills relating to espionage and assassination were highly ...
Shirohige Ressei-menpo. 18th century, Edo period. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.. Men-yoroi (面鎧), also called menpō (面頬) or mengu (面具), [1] [2] [3] are various types of facial armour that were worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan.
Kikko kobakama, short trousers with kikko armor sewn cloth of the front side, a type of yoroi hakama (armored trousers) Yoroi hakama (armored trousers) had small armor plates or mail armor sewn to the cloth of the hakama. They were worn by samurai warriors.
Japanese society became more peaceful and medieval armor styles were revived. Ō‑yoroi - and dō‑maru ‑style kabuto were made again. [7] Ornamental kawari kabuto ("strange helmet") were made during this time that had "figures of animals, , or various other objects mounted on top of them". [8]