Hiya all..I would like to try to explain the comment about "Japanese armor" "Yoroi" Ok Japanese yoroi is more than just for protection
it was a sign of rank ..which started around<858> after that the great families adopted special colours for the odoshi<lacing>
The taira had purple, The Fujiwara had light green,The Tachibana had
yellow etc,etc.
White is the colour of mourning in Japan, was offen used significantly, to indicate that the wearer of a suit of armor laced with that colour was
engaged in a battle from which he did not expect to emerge alive.
Also the way of emtwining the cords with one another and with iron plates an art called <Kebiki> was used as a way of indicating rank.
Anyway there is so much I could go on about but I won.t heheheheh.
I havent ever started on the Kamon..Like a coat of arms, Very important in japan
So I think the Japanese feel that when Non-japanese build Samurai that they do a little research and paint the right colours and right mon..as
it is really important and You would not want some one knocking on ya door saying hey that samurai you painted was my great,great great father
and the colours were wrong
With Respect
Dean Mahoney,
Kobe , Japan