Samurai Armor

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Ann Landi, 'One Perfect Suit;' Minneapolis's near-mint set of samurai armor.
Wall Street Journal, Mar. 27, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703625304575115942755364402.html

Note:
(a) scowl (vi): "to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure"
(b) Heike 平家, also known as Heishi 平氏, is about the clan of Taira 平. (
平 in Japan has at least two pronunciation: "hei" was from China and "taira,
" indigious.)
(c) shiinari しいなり 椎形/椎像 (形が椎の実に似ているのでいう, whose English
translation is "the shape is like beechnut")

* 椎: しい, beech

(d) medallion (n): "1: a large medal  2: something resembling a large medal;
especially : a tablet or panel in a wall or window bearing a figure in
relief, a portrait, or an ornament")

(e) Kii Province
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kii_Province
(紀伊国; today Wakayama Prefecture 和歌山県)
(f) TOKUGAWA Yorinobu 徳川 頼宣 (1602 – 1671)
(g) For "hollyhock," see Alcea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcea
(h) Idemitsu Museum 出光美術館
http://www.idemitsu.co.jp/museum/

The museum is sponsored by Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. 出光興産株式会社, a
Japanese petroleum company. Wikipedia.
(i) kura Japanese pronunciation for "蔵; 倉; 庫."
(j) For "Boys' Day," see Children's Day (Japan)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day_(Japan)
(こどもの日; May 5 in Gregorian calendar, which was originally called Tango
no Sekku 端午の節句; a national holiday for children since 1948)

* 節句 (n): "seasonal festival"

(k) accoutrement (n): "EQUIPMENT, TRAPPINGS; especially: a soldier's outfit
usually not including clothes and weapons - usually used in plural"

All English definitions are from www.m-w.com, while Japanese definitions,
Jim Breen's online dictionary.  

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