Kofun Japan - horses and tack

 Salvete Omnes,

 

from the archives at Wiki Commons come these elements of the earliest Japanese horse tack - Kofun Japan & Korean Kingdoms  

Both haniwa figures and actual material objects are corralled in this post - 

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-horse tack pieces & stirrups

 

 

 - saddle

 

backing of the cantle 

 horse armor

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Korea Kingdoms and their horsemen

Salvete Omnes,

Korea (the whole peninsula back then)  - almost 1,800 through 1000 years ago - was the land of horsemen, horse archers and armored warriors and their horses.

 

 

The  warriors  - of Gaya Confederacy, Goguryeo Kingdom , Silla etc -  wore metal cuirasses and helmets and were armored lance wielding  horsemen and horse archers.

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interesting cuirasses of the period - 

 

 

 

 

 

and swords

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nota bene  I do enjoy Korean historical and fantasy  movies and TV series
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