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men-yoroi
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Also known as mengu, menpō, mempō

thumb|250px|Shirohige Ressei-menpo. 18th century, Edo period. [[Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.]]

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Subclass of
mask
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Antique Japanese (samurai) menpo 2.jpg
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Commons category
Mengu (facial armour)
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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • History
  • Types of ''men-yoroi''
  • ''Sōmen''
  • ''Menpō''
  • ''Hanbō'' (''hanpō'')
  • ''Happuri''
  • Parts of the ''men-yoroi''
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|250px|Shirohige Ressei-menpo. 18th century, Edo period. [[Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.]]

, also called or , are various types of facial armour that were worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. These include the sōmen, menpō, hanbō or hanpō, and happuri.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “men-yoroi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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