The Great Armour, O-yoroiHow did samurai don the fabulous armour? O-yoroi or also known as Great armour was primarily used between the 10th and 13th centuries. Modern period armours are commonly displayed in an erected state, whereas the O-yoroi was kept in a folded state. The picture scroll of the Mongol invasion attempts against Japan in the 13th century also depicts the O-yoroi in a folded stat