shikoro 錣

1　A generic term for a roof line that has a broken plane, the parts of which run in the same direction. A roof this type is known as *shikorobuki 錣葺. See *shikorobisashi 錣庇.

2　Also shikoro 錏. The rim of a soldier's helmet *kabuto 冑. Strips of leather or iron, attached to the crown of the helmet hachi 鉢 with cords or rivets dropped from the right, left, and back of the helmet, to protect the neck. The first strip attached to the crown was called hachitsuke-no-ita 鉢付の板. Several more strips were attached, finishing with the distinctive hishinui-no-ita 菱縫の板 (chestnut-stitch strip). The number of strips of leather or metal used in the shikoro (not counting the hishinui-no-ita) often gave the helmet its name: sanmai-kabuto 三枚冑 (three-strip helmet); gomai-kabuto 五枚冑 (five-strip helmet). There were many variations in shikoro shape, each with their own name. These included the Muromachi period kasajikoro 笠錣 (umberella-rim), the straight-edged tōseijikoro 当正錣, late-Muromachi period, and the manjūjikoro 饅頭錣 named after the manjūbun, Edo period.