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A Tatami-dō (Japanese: 畳胴), also Tatami-dō gusoku (畳胴具足), is a type of Japanese armour.

The Tatami-dō was made from mail or plated mail. The Tatami-do was a folding type of armour (hence its name Tatami, from Tatamu 畳む, "To fold"), which could also be made of small plates, connected by mail.^[1] The Tatami-dō was easy to make and convenient for transportation, and was manufactured in great numbers for the ashigaru light infantry.^[2]^[3]

It is often falsely referred as "ninja-armour", however it was typical for ashigaru (of course this armour might be optinally worn by ninja too, as any samurai armour, but it wasn't exclusively "ninja-armor").

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[1] A glossary of the construction, decoration, and use of arms and armor by George Cameron, p.606

[2] Samurai 1550-1600 by Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride, p.59

[3] Samurai 1550-1600 by Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride, p.30

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 A '''''Tatami-dō''''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 畳胴), also '''''Tatami-dō gusoku''''' (畳胴具足), is a type of [[Japanese armour]].
-The ''Tatami-dō'' was made from [[plated mail|plated]]- or [[chain-mail]]. The Tatami-do was a folding type of armour (hence its name ''Tatami'', from ''Tatamu'' 畳む, "To fold"), which could also be made of small plates, connected by mail.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=A4Rp_Qx9in4C&pg=PA70 ''A glossary of the construction, decoration, and use of arms and armor'' by George Cameron, p.606]</ref> The ''Tatami-dō'' was easy to make and convenient for transportation, and was manufactured in great numbers for the [[ashigaru]] light infantry.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=TPw7m2qrRloC&pg=PA52 ''Samurai 1550-1600'' by Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride, p.59]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=TPw7m2qrRloC&pg=PA30 ''Samurai 1550-1600'' by Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride, p.30]</ref>
+The ''Tatami-dō'' was made from [[mail (armour)|mail]] or [[plated mail]]. The Tatami-do was a folding type of armour (hence its name ''Tatami'', from ''Tatamu'' 畳む, "To fold"), which could also be made of small plates, connected by mail.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=A4Rp_Qx9in4C&pg=PA70 ''A glossary of the construction, decoration, and use of arms and armor'' by George Cameron, p.606]</ref> The ''Tatami-dō'' was easy to make and convenient for transportation, and was manufactured in great numbers for the [[ashigaru]] light infantry.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=TPw7m2qrRloC&pg=PA52 ''Samurai 1550-1600'' by Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride, p.59]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=TPw7m2qrRloC&pg=PA30 ''Samurai 1550-1600'' by Anthony J. Bryant, Angus McBride, p.30]</ref>
 It is often falsely referred as "[[ninja]]-armour", however it was typical for [[ashigaru]] (of course this armour might be optinally worn by ninja too, as any [[samurai]] armour, but it wasn't exclusively "ninja-armor").