{"title":"Sode — Shoulder Guards","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003esode\u003c\/em\u003e are the broad rectangular guards that hang from the shoulders — and more than any other component, they are what makes a silhouette read as Japanese from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey began as functional armor for mounted archers: large, laced panels that swung freely so a bowman could draw without lifting a rigid plate, then fell back to cover the arm. As cavalry archery declined the \u003cem\u003esode\u003c\/em\u003e shrank, and by the late Sengoku period many suits carried only small guards or none at all. Ceremonial armor of the Edo period brought the large form back, purely for presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOurs are built in matching pairs, laced in the same pattern and colour as the cuirass they accompany, and suspended on cords that let them move as they should. Sizes range from the compact \u003cem\u003etsubo-sode\u003c\/em\u003e to the full \u003cem\u003eō-sode\u003c\/em\u003e of the classical suit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf your armor photographs narrower than it looks in person, this is almost always what is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/armourbuy.com\/collections\/sode-shoulder-guards.oembed","provider":"ARMOURBUY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}