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Gilded samurai armor, Japan, 17th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world
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[–] Hardeehar@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I know it's the leg armor laying against the waist armor but my first thought was: awwuh what a cute little samurai dude!

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A shortgun, a smallurai, a pocket Bushido

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22022

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Real gold? Wouldn't that be incredibly heavy, and also useless in combat?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Gilded, so it's a very thin layer of gold. That being said, probably more a show piece than something one wishes to risk in combat. At the least, probably not something worn by anyone fighting on the front lines instead of commanding behind a safe wall of human shields.