为什么日本人不使用盾牌? [美国媒体]

Why didn't the Japanese use shields?

为什么日本人不使用盾牌?





George Sawyer,
All the principle weapons of the Japanese warrior require two hands: Bow (yumi), spear (yari), Glaive (and possible halberd) (Naginata), sword (tachi,katana). This does raise the question - why didn't they choose / use single handed weapons?

日本武士的所有主要武器都需要双手:弓、矛、薙刀（长柄刀)、武士刀。这确实提出了一个问题——为什么他们不选择/使用单手武器?

Japanese armor provides some amount of protecting against arrows, Japanese bows (~60 yards) don't have the range of an English longbow (200 to 400 yards)

日本盔甲提供一定数量的防箭保护，日本弓箭射程(约60码)比不上英国长弓(200 - 400码)射程

There are workable techniques to deflect a one or a small number of arrows with a spear or sword, they have limited utility, but definitely exist.
Japan is not full of open spaces for large scale battles.

有一些可行的格斗技术，可以用矛或武士刀来格挡掉迎面射来的一支或少量的箭羽，这种技术肯定存在，但它们的效用有限。
而且日本并没有足够的空间进行大规模的战争。

Shields were used during sieges - they protected archers and troops advancing on the castles.

他们只有攻城时才会使用盾牌——而这通常是为了保护向城堡推进的弓箭手和军队。



Jerry Fop
They did use shields actually.

他们确实使用了护盾



The purpose of it was mainly to protect against arrows. But why did they decide to wear shields instead of holding them in your hand like for example the European knight? I think the main reason is that differently from European knights the samurai was also an archer. Differently from swords and spears the bow is the only weapon that you can’t use if you’re holding a shield. Yes, they also used the katana but that was far from the primary weapon on the battlefield. So because they needed to use the bow a lot they chose to use pauldrons instead of normal shields.

盾牌的主要用途是防御箭矢。但是为什么日本人决定将盾牌穿在身上而不是像欧洲骑士那样拿在手里?我认为主要原因是，与欧洲骑士不同，武士也是弓箭手。与剑和矛不同的是，弓是唯一一种你拿着盾牌就不能使用的武器。
是的，他们也使用武士刀，但武士刀不是战场上的主要武器。因为他们需要经常使用弓，所以他们选择使用有着盾牌模样的铠甲而不是普通的盾牌。

You had to be able to move your arms enough to use a bow while wearing armor, which means that there were some gaps in the armor. When a samurai would charge in with his spear he would have his upper body in a position that doesn’t let arrows enter the gaps but only hit the pauldron, the helmet and the chestplate (The draw weight of Japanese bows wasn’t as strong as for example English longbows so the arrows couldn’t penetrate the armor. The archers hoped on hitting the gaps in the armor.)

当你穿着盔甲的时候，你必须能够移动你的手臂来使用弓，这意味着盔甲各部分的链接处会有一些缺口。当武士手持长矛冲入阵中时,他会调整上半身的位置,不让箭头射中护肩甲,头盔和胸甲之间的缝隙。(日本弓箭的重量不像英式长弓那么重，所以箭不能穿透盔甲，故而弓箭手们通常会希望射中盔甲间的缺口。）