Editing Database: Kabuto

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{{Wiki|Kabuto}} is the [[helmet]] of [[Japan]]ese [[armor]]. Among the first to arrive in [[Europe]] is the one presented by the {{Wiki|Tenshō embassy}} to {{Wiki|Philip II of Spain|Philip II}} of [[Spain]] in 1584, preserved in the {{Wiki|Royal Armoury of Madrid|Royal Armory}} of [[Madrid]] and partially destroyed in a fire in 1884. On the occasion of this [[Assassin's Creed: Shadows|new chapter]] of ''[[Assassin's Creed (series)|Assassin's Creed]]'', it has been reproduced from its digital model, historical inventories of the royal collection, and nineteenth-century photographs. Its reconstruction allows for a better documentation and understanding of the fascination it must have caused due to the exoticism and expressiveness of a world radically different from the European one in which Philipp II lived.

The kabuto is a war helmet, it is was also used as a representational object along with the rest of the armor with which it was associated. It is made of pieces of [[steel]] or [[iron]] hinged together with [[silk]] threads or rivets, but its exterior could be richly decorated, mainly with lacquers of various colors. Same as contemporary Western helmets, kabutos were the most important element of the armor, the most valuable one. They could also be considered precious objects in their construction and decoration, reflecting the social position of a [[samurai]] of [[daimyō]].

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