Ashigaru Armour

[werdna]

Hello,I am looking to buy 1 or more books that have good or some coverage on the Ashigaru armour(cuirass),but there are so many books on samurai armour that I wouldn't know which would be helpful to my interest and which are not so if anyone can recommend a book/books with ashigaru armour information(any language) I would appreciate your advice

regards

Andrew Freeston

[Iekatsu]

Hello Andrew,

 

An interesting subject, while not fundamentally different, Ashigaru armour is often lower quality and tends not to be the focus of most books. I am not aware of any dedicated publications on the topic, but in the back of the books below are Items from the Shoji Izawa collection which is a good place to start to see a bunch of examples. If you are new to armour in general I would take a look at some more generalists books. 

 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/伊澤-昭二/dp/4056028923/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1665565163&s=books&sr=1-1&text=伊澤+昭二

 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/Illustration-Sengoku-Armor-Collection-Historical/dp/405603642X/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1665565163&s=books&sr=1-2&text=伊澤+昭二