page_title: Lamellar armour
hierarchical_section_title: Lamellar armour
caption_attribution_description: English: Edo period Japanese ( samurai ) karuta tatami dou. A folding portable chest armor made from small rectangles of armor ( karuta ). This is a rare armor as the karuta armor plates are connected to each other by leather lace instead of kusari (chain).
context_page_description: Lamellar armour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates of iron or steel, leather, or bronze laced into horizontal rows. Lamellar armor was used over a wide range of time periods in Central Asia, Eastern Asia, Western Asia, and Eastern Europe. The earliest evidence for lamellar armor comes from sculpted artwork of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Near East.
context_section_description: Lamellar armour is a type of body armour, made from small rectangular plates (scales or lamellae) of iron or steel, leather (rawhide), or bronze laced into horizontal rows. Lamellar armor was used over a wide range of time periods in Central Asia, Eastern Asia (especially in China, Japan, Mongolia, and Tibet), Western Asia, and Eastern Europe. The earliest evidence for lamellar armor comes from sculpted artwork of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the Near East.
caption: Japanese lamellar cuirass
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