estcrh Posted June 22, 2016 Report Posted June 22, 2016 A newly translated chapter on Japanese mail from "Nihon katchū no shin kenkyū" (new study of Japanese armor) by Hachirō Yamagami, 1928, the translation was paid for by a very generous Japanese armor enthusiast and freely given as a gift so that interested people could learn from it. There is some new information on Japanese mail (kusari), especially interesting to me is the information on Japanese riveted mail, it states that is was introduced by the West (this could mean Europe or even Indo-Persia) before the 1600s and that it was copied and made in Japan as well. Mr Yamagami was an author of several books on the subject of Japanese armor and a well respected researcher, as far as I know this is the first English translation of this chapter. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/4a/f0/a1/4af0a1561b176483caec1fb76de92011.jpg 2 Quote
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