shoulder-curtains

Updated: May 10, 2025

There were also guards of copper or iron for the legs, and there were shoulder-curtains constructed in the same manner as the back-curtain pendant from the helmet. Shoes of copper complete the panoply. The workmanship of these weapons and armour is excellent: it shows an advanced stage of manufacturing skill. This characteristic is even more remarkable in the case of horse-trappings.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era