Japanese Armor from the Inside Out

Thom Richardson, Ph.D., FSA, Keeper of Armour and Oriental Collections, Royal Armouries, Leeds, discusses the unique features of the armor in the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection in this lecture presented October 27, 2013, at the Portland Art Museum. "Samurai! Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection" is on view at the Portland Art Museum through January 12, 2014.

[@ArchonXzero]

Thank you for this. I have always been fascinated by arms an armor throughout history. I wish I decided to have the same discipline of passion in pursuing this as a career.

[@anthonycongiano8890]

Extraordinarily informative presentation, thank you for this!

[@MustafaKulle]

5:38 to skip intro

[@monikagrosch9632]

I’m wondering if the lacquer was also needed to keep the iron from rusting

[@ShuajoX]

Probably so. Japanese summers are super humid, and combined with that salty sea air, the iron plates would probably rust pretty quickly without proper maintenance if not for the lacquer.

[@WildBillCox13]

A very useful primer and thanks for posting!

[@BigHosMan]

Wonderful video! Thanks for uploading.Are the other 3(?) lectures also on youtube?
I own the gorgeous coffee table book ART OF ARMOR which showcases much of Barbier-Mueller collection.

[@viktorbeibars5722]

Cool video!) and do you have any information about qualiti and thickness in Japan's armour at beginning of 16 centuries ?) it was good quanched steei or only iron.

[@Avalenzy]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

this is portland art museum. i live a hour away from portland. i live on mt hood in the forest. i have videos of me training in real samurai armor on horseback and doing archery. bojutsu. sword work etc in real samurai armors in my videos.

[@haonanhuang9197]

Very good presentation, preciate. But, at about 43 to 44 minutes, there is a lady keep laughing while there is nothing to laught about...

[@antisimptrooper4635]

Normie jokes I guess..

[@danzigrulze5211]

I think the story about the armors presented to King James is rather sad, considering that armor should be in a Japanese museum so the families can pay respects to their ancestors. Even though they were on the wrong side of the civil war doesn't mean that they still were great warriors to be respected in an honorable death. I did get a lot of great information from this lecture.

[@mikehutchinson2191]

hold it...there's something good in Portland?

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

i live on mt hood in oregon. as far as i know i am the only man in usa who is on youtube on horseback in the mountains in real samurai armor training in videos. i have many videos training in real samurai armor in the mountains. here on mt hood.

[@antisimptrooper4635]

Fujikyo is that you? *pokes armor*

[@nos8141]

"armour is hopeless without a horse" no....not really...just an exaggeration.
That tactics with arquebus were originated from japan, not brought from west....bit biased...seems the sources is still very limited for outside japan...

[@Perceval777]

He was talking specifically about the oyoroi, not armour in general. Oyoroi gives less mobility and is heavy compared to the do-maru, that's why the oyoroi was for horsemen, and the light and flexible but somewhat less protective do-maru was for infantry.

[@erwinjayaautosoundptk]

you know,most indonesian japannes era relic ,because japan colonized indonesia,like samurai helmet war ,and precious stones from antiquity japan

[@jackie1825]

Japan invaded Indonesia during WW2.. I’m pretty sure they didn’t wear samurai armor during that time.
Japanese relics were probably brought by the dutch…

[@zoesdada8923]

This guy is butchering the pronunciations

[@antisimptrooper4635]

NoT OuR fAulT oUr wAy tO SAy wOrDs iS wROng

[@ICTPerformance268]

WOW! Minced meat! Cringed every time he mispronounced. Informative and educational though.