Mail from a Haidate (thigh-guard)

Haidate (thigh guard)

Haidate (thigh guard)

Haidate (thigh guard)

Haidate (thigh guard)

Haidate (thigh guard)

Haidate (thigh guard)

Haidate (one panel of thigh guard)

Haidate (one panel of thigh guard)

Haidate (thigh armor)

Thigh Guard (Haidate) from Suit of Armor Bearing Crests of the Abe Clan

Arpon ("Haidate") from a Suit of Armor ("Gusoku")

Thigh bone (femur) from a male Japanese quail, micro-CT

Thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail, micro-CT

Thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail, micro-CT

Thigh bone (femur) from a female Japanese quail, micro-CT

Part of a Skirt (Haidate)

Thigh bones (femora) from Japanese quail, micro-CT

Umi kara no tayori (Mail from the sea)

Face Mask and Throat Guard from a Suit of Armor ("Gusoku")

Unloading mail from the Imperial Airways flying boat at Cairo

Officers censoring mail, on a troopship bound for the United Kingdom

Fragment of a Shoulder Guard (Sode)

Fragment of a Shoulder Guard (Sode)

Tsuba (sword guard) depicting a priest resting under a canopy