Armor: Asian/Samurai

[davi]

Post referneces of Asian/Samurai armor.
direct jpg's or htmls will do.
Links or images, whatever you want. Try to limit the amount of images you post due to bandwidth.

[negativespace]

http://www.oriental-arms.co.il/OA/introduction.html

http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/katchu/0.Katchu.html

http://www.antiques-arts.com/antique_militaria.htm

http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/War/War.html

[JackalAnubis]

these are statues, but still good ref!
http://www45.tok2.com/home/todo94/dozo.html

[Jezebel]

http://www.japanese-armor.com/

http://www.asahi-jc.com/kabuto.htm

http://www.fareastasianart.com/directory/Japanese:Samurai:Armor.html

http://www.mantisswords.com/helmets.htm

http://www.oriental-weapons.com/en-us/dept_318.html

Tons of images, click on the different links to see them all:

http://www.artsofthesamurai.com/

[Scrubbin Bubbles]

This is a website that sells Shaolin Kung Fu stuff.
http://www.superiormartialarts.com/cgi-bin/uniform/perlshop.cgi?ACTION=thispage&thispage=front.html&ORDER_ID=130694111&affiliate=!affiliate!]Kung Fu Weapons[/URL]

[RipperMcGuirl]

I just put this together out of photos I took at the Met in NYC.
Japanese Arms and Armor (http://ripper.everettconsulting.com/Samurai/)
If anyone wants a higher res image, I have them all enormous, just send me an e-mail or IM.

[eliteswords]

http://www.eliteswords.com - Swords - A large variety of collectible swords from Lord of the Rings replica swords to battle ready samurai swords

[klinesmoker]

HAHA! Glad I found these links!

[bwkeough]

(no pics in this post) but those living in New England might be interested to go to the Quadrangle Museums (http://www.quadrangle.org/) in Springfield, MA. They have a permanent exhibit of samurai armor and weapons, including hand-cannon sized matchlock guns.

[purb36]

some pics i took at the Edo Museum in Tokyo; enjoy.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/904/earlymayc0448ot.jpg
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2940/earlymayc0457ah.jpg
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7326/earlymayc0469af.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4357/earlymayc0481ut.jpg