Samurai Armor?

Question

I am writing a paper on the connection between the armor and weapons of a Samurai. I know that the armor is broken down into six diffrent pieces, but I dont know how they chose their colors or their style? I am sure they personalized it somehow but I cannot find it anywhere.... Thanks for your help

I was going to start in the era of the two fighting clans Taira and the Minamato, then progress from there into later era's.

Answer 1

The Sengoku Period (16th Century) was the time when samurai armor was more color-coded and uniform in appearance. Daimyo - Warlords - decked their troops out in similar armor patterns with color schemes and clan emblems for easy identification.

Date MAsamune for example used a yukinoshita-do armor type which was later known as Sendai-do.

A number of special units such as Tokugawa's Red Devils led by the Ii clan wore all red armor.

Answer 2

Depends on era, shogonati they were with, lots of things. Most of them had nothing but regular clothes. Samurai did not always mean a warrior. It simply meant servant, so it could have been many type people.