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Wheels in medieval Japan
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:01:24 GMT
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I was thinking about adding a village to my medieval Japanes countryside
today when a thought occurred to me. Did they have any land vehicles at
all? I can't seem to remember ever seeing a medieval Japanese cart or
chariot. Everything is carried around, either by hand or on the backs of
horses. Am I crazy, or were there no wheels in medieval Japan?
- Mike.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan
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| I'm sure that they had wheels, but the terrain was too mountainous to make wheeled carts very useful. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rayhawk" <rayhawk@artcenter.edu> (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan
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| Ug. I already replied to this thread, but It occurred to me that there may also have been a "class taboo" on wheeled transportation. That is, only the emperor or high ranked samurai could use them? Of course, if that were true, then the samurai (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan
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| (...) Your sanity prevails: wheeled vehicles were under extreme restrictions in Japan. In part for the damage they did to the roads, and in part to keep the peasants in their place. Bruce (23 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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