Thigh armour haidate
Thigh armour haidate
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Thigh armour haidate
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Thigh armour haidate
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Thigh armour haidate
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Thigh armour haidate
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Thigh armour haidate
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A haidate 佩楯 thigh shield of finely woven brown canvas, hemmed with green and white painted leather. The canvas is reinforced with a sewn chain of wire rings to which are attached red lacquered spiky metal protective parts and various round heraldic symbols decorated with flowers. The haidate is tied around the waist with a cloth band and fastened to each thigh with a horn button. On the inside of the shield, the inscription Tanaka 田中 is written in Japanese characters on the leather label. This is a family name from western Japan and means “someone who comes from the rice-growing area”. (BŠ, BT)
Material description: iron, iron wire, Japanese lacquerware, linen, sackcloth, horn
Manufacturing technique: forged and lacquered iron, clothed in linen and sackcloth
Dimensions: length: 51 cm, width: 58 cm
Inscription: 田中 Tanaka (person coming from the rice field area)
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Celje Regional Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1945
Last acquisition method: Acquired from the District Collection Centre in Celje
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Netta Gallé from Lemberg castle
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved
History of exhibition: National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 31. 5. 2017–5. 11. 2017 (exhibition Poti samurajev [Ways of the Samurai]), Celje Regional Museum, 27. 5. 2021–3. 10. 2021 (exhibition Kaj počne tukaj samuraj?{What is a samurai doing here?])
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