Japanese horse saddle

Antique samurai saddle (kura) in the Chinese style (karagura), Tamukeyama Hachimangu Shrine, Japan.

Full samurai saddle & tack, Nikko Toshogu.

Abumi (鐙), Japanese stirrups, were used in Japan as early as the 5th century, and were a necessary component along with the Japanese saddle (kura) for the use o...

Japanese saddle (kura) and stirrups (abumi).

Samurai horse equipment glossary. http://bukeyashiki1192.com/cn001/cn003/pg03.html

Ancient Japanese horse equipment.

Japanese Edo saddle, 18th century

A Japanese ivory okimono of a man on a horse, Meiji period (1868-1912), exquisitely carved and inked, depicting an elderly man in a splendid robe upon a horse with elaborate saddle cloths, upon a circular base and signed underside. Height 16 cm

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Kura (Saddle) with Blossoming Cherry Trees, Kamakura period, 13th century. Wood, lacquer, and mother-of-pearl; L. 16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm); W. 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm)

Samurai saddle and tack.

Japanese saddles are distinguished by an ingeniously simple method of construction combined with a virtually inexhaustible range of decorative motifs. The construction consists, typically, of only four pieces of skillfully shaped wood, which are held together by mortise-and-tenon joints and fastened in place by hemp or leather lacing

Recreation of a mounted samurai, Royal Armouries in Leeds.

Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) | Japanese | The Met

(Kura) 17th c [Saddle]