interesting photo

[jo the greek]

[vonKrysiak]

If I am not mistaken this is XVI century Japanese tameshi gusoku - bullet proofed armor. Am I right? ;-)
Anyways a nice picture!

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If I am not mistaken this is XVI century Japanese tameshi gusoku - bullet proofed armor. Am I right? ;-)
Anyways a nice picture!

Could you elaborate, please?

[vonKrysiak]

Could you elaborate, please?

Well not sure what more to say, I am quite sure it is tameshi gusoku, it was a kind of heavy armor that was very popular and extremly expensive in japan in the XVI century after Europeans brought gunpowder weapons. It was a common practice that smiths would actually fire bullets at the armor to prove to the people buying armor that it is bullet proof.
Jo the greek didnt label the picture so I just wanted to know if thats what it is or not :hmmm:

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