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men-yoroi
Sign in to saveAlso known as mengu, menpō, mempō
thumb|250px|Shirohige Ressei-menpo. 18th century, Edo period. [[Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.]]
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Vinony's link graph records 365 inbound references to men-yoroi, and connects out to Japanese sword mountings, suburitō and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under Masks in Asia, Medieval helmets and Military masks.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- mask
- Part of
- Japanese armor
- Image
- Antique Japanese (samurai) menpo 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mengu (facial armour)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- History
- Types of ''men-yoroi''
- ''Sōmen''
- ''Menpō''
- ''Hanbō'' (''hanpō'')
- ''Happuri''
- Parts of the ''men-yoroi''
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Shirohige Ressei-menpo. 18th century, Edo period. [[Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.]]
, also called or , are various types of facial armour that were worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. These include the sōmen, menpō, hanbō or hanpō, and happuri.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “men-yoroi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.