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What is Cut-Attached Plate Armor (Kiritsuke kozane dou) of Samurai Armor

Cut-Attached Plate Armor (Kiritsuke kozane dou)
This refers to a type of chest armor (Do) where cuts are made in the upper part of a horizontally long plate to make it look like it was made with ‘Hon kozane’ (original small plates), which are overlapped.

See more terms related to samurai armor in this samurai armor glossary

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