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Mempo logo #21000 Mempo (also menpō, mengu or occasionally men yoroi), is the term for various types of facial armour worn by the samurai class and their retainers in feudal Japan. Types of Japanese facial armour include the somen, menpō, hanpo and happuri. Mempo were facial armour which covered all or part of the face and provided a way to secure the top-heavy k...
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Mempo

Mempo logo #22174Face mask or plate worn with armor, popular from the mid-16th Century and progressively more elaborate as time went on.
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MEMPO logo #21543Face guard or mask
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MEMPO logo #21590Face guard or mask.
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