Hi. My thanks to Genie Barrett and D (Debloughcostumes) for answering my post. I apologize for not stating up front that I have already seen the Osprey manuals. This is the (scant) bibliography that I have at my disposal:
Zhongguo du dai jun rong fu shi (Ancient Chinese Armor) Liu, Yonghua Brown Rockefeller UC485.C6 L58x 2004 Military uniforms -- Pictorial works Armor, Ancient -- China -- Pictorial works Zhongguo fu zhuang shi Huang, Nengfu Brown Rockefeller GT 1555 H79 Costume -- China -- History Zhongguo li dai fu shi da guan Brown Rockefeller GT 1555 C584 Costume -- China -- History The Osprey books-- while helpful to some degree-- are not in accord with the illustrations in General Qi Jiguang's Manual. General Qi was fighting Japanese Pirates off the coast in 1560-1580 and his soldiers weren't wearing armor, or if they were, it was more on the order of padded clothing. There are numerous illustrations from the manual, and I will try to scan and post them on my web space, but, for now, this is the only picture I can show you http://taijiclassproject.blogspot.com/2005/12/costumes.html You can't quite see it in this picture, but it looks like the undergarment is for the protection of the thighs, and that it is is made of padded material and has fringe. If anyone has any other detailed illustrations or information pertaining to military clothing, I would very much appreciate hearing about it. I was also very much appreciate any educated guesses anyone familiarywith costume would care to make as to whether that "fringe" is decorative or-- something else. Thank you. --Leslie Leslie Mundy, DCC Office Hours: M-W-F Noon-5:00 John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University Providence, RI Just think... "Somewhere a butterfly, dreaming that it is Chuang Chou, flutters its wings and creates a distant hurricane." http://NewMoon2000.tripod.com/oneway/indexnavigator.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
