Tatami (Japanese armour)

A tatami gusoku (complete suit of folding armor) includes a tatami dō or tatami katabira (jacket) and a tatami kabuto (helmet) chochin kabuto, or tatami zukin (hood) or similar type of head protection along with the other related parts of a full suit of Japanese armour. Collapsible head protection such as hachi gane and other collapsible armor are also tatami armor; ==Types of Tatami armour==

Karuta tatami armour • Karuta are small lacquered square or rectangular iron (sometimes leather) plates usually connected together by chainmail and sewn to a cloth backing. File:Tatami gusoku.JPG|Edo period samurai folding suit of armor tatami gusoku completely matched set with karuta tatami dō and chochin kabuto File:Karuta tatami dou and zukin.JPG|Karuta tatami dō and karuta zukin (hood) File:Hara-ate karuta tatami dou.JPG|Edo period samurai karuta tatami dō in the hara-ate style File:Antique Japanese karuta katabira 1.JPG|Karuta katabira Kikko tatami armour • Kikko are small iron or leather hexagon plates usually connected together by kusari or chainmail, and sewn to a cloth backing. File:Tetsu kikko tatami dou.jpg|Edo period tetsu kikko tatami dō. A lightweight portable folding tatami cuirass, made from small metal hexagonal plates (kikko), sewn to a cloth backing. File:Kikko tatami dou.JPG|Edo period kikko tatami dō. A cuirass with small hexagon armor plates kikko. The kikko are connected to each other by chainmail and sewn to a cloth backing. File:Kikko tatami dou 2.JPG|Edo period kikko tatami dō, shown folded up File:Nerigawa kikko katabira.jpg|Kikko katabira Kusari tatami armour • Kusari is mail or chain armour, normally sewn to a cloth or leather backing. File:Kusari dou.jpg|Kusari tatami dō, a cuirass made from chain armour shown next to a traditional iron cuirass File:Kusari gusoku 11.JPG|Kusari tatami gusoku, a suit of chain armour File:Kusari gusoku 5.JPG|Kusari tatami gusoku, a suit of chain armour == See also ==