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This isn't a very good picture, especially with the glass case reflecting all the light, but this is one of the specimens of samurai armor in Iwakuni castle. I want to just bring to everyone's attention to art in a different form. While our country was still being discovered by our ancestors, Japan had refined war to an art to the point where all aspects of war were organized and artful in their own way, from behavior to equipment and the martial arts they used.

The displays at the art museum in Iwakuni are even more awesome with lots of hand braided armors and two that frankly scare me, one seemed like it was going to leap through the glass at me. Another had these gems in the helmet that made it look like it had eyes, which kept drawing my attention to the what would be my opponent's eye... art as a weapon. Alas the museum doesn't allow pictures, there are beautiful engraved swords and daggers and sets of armor from the Edo period (mostly). Its not a traditional art in the western sense to make weapons and armor this intricate and designed, but it is a beautiful thing to see and imagine.

Description
This isn't a very good picture, especially with the glass case reflecting all the light, but this is one of the specimens of samurai armor in Iwakuni castle. I want to just bring to everyone's attention to art in a different form. While our country was still being discovered by our ancestors, Japan had refined war to an art to the point where all aspects of war were organized and artful in their own way, from behavior to equipment and the martial arts they used.

The displays at the art museum in Iwakuni are even more awesome with lots of hand braided armors and two that frankly scare me, one seemed like it was going to leap through the glass at me. Another had these gems in the helmet that made it look like it had eyes, which kept drawing my attention to the what would be my opponent's eye... art as a weapon. Alas the museum doesn't allow pictures, there are beautiful engraved swords and daggers and sets of armor from the Edo period (mostly). Its not a traditional art in the western sense to make weapons and armor this intricate and designed, but it is a beautiful thing to see and imagine.