Mistery Circles On Early Armor

[BIG]

Hi thoughts about that..?

 

 

http://www.froginawell.net/Japan/2009/10/mystery-circles-on-early-armor/

 

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[Ian]

Bow string holder

[John A Stuart]

Indeed called a Tsurumaki. John

[Fuuten]

Bow string holder

That is what i assumed from the comments, but then again i figured Big didn't believe that and thus made this topic haha

[BIG]

Believing !!!

 

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[Bugyotsuji]

Although the linked discussion supposes that these tsurumaki disappeared with the advent of guns, they continued to be worn as a kind of symbolic part of the armour. I wear one when we dress up for displays, a genuine old one.

If you think of the vestigial Gyoyo which hang from the strings above your Dou, and the vestigial fukigaeshi on your kabuto, you will see that some shapes just look better there, preserving the spirit of some ancient function.

[BIG]

Thanks all, Piers will you share a pic of the tsurumaki...

 

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[Bugyotsuji]

Sure thing, Peter!

[BIG]

Looking good and strong...

Thanks for sharing!

 

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[DaveT]

When you link to the page one of the comments below explains that it is a bow string holder.