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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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Andy Lynch
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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)
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| | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Andy Lynch
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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)
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| | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Bruce Schlickbernd
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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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| | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Zack Stackhouse
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| | | | Along this line of question, what other weapons were used in fuedal japan? I always add armies to the castle series (european, but I have never prepped an army for the ninjas. I have plenty of figures to make an army, I just haven't done it because (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Mike Rayhawk
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| | | | | (...) I haven't seen it yet myself, but from what I hear Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" is far and away the best movie for medieval Japanese battles. While ninjas had every kind of bizarre weapon you could think of, traditional armies had a very basic (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Zack Stackhouse
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| | | | | | | I actually have already visited your Nagateppo site through Brik Wars. I have already gathered ideas from your battle...excellent weapons! (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | (...) It captures the sweep and movement of battlefields very well. The movie can also be a little tedious at points. Kurosawa's films always seem to hover around 1600 (firearms usually appear) and I recommend them in general: Seven Samurai, (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Mike Timm
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| | | | | | | (...) "Ran" *IS* fabulous but its late medieval if medieval at all, primary weapons in it are bows, swords and MUSKET'S. Fabulous scene of the various sides going back and forth with the advantage swinging one way or another.... My view is muskets (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Zack Stackhouse
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I couldn't agree more, muskets don't belong in castle, nor do cannons fot that matter. But since the ninja theme came with 'gunpowder' I figure you just keep the traditional castle away from fuedal japan, except for the occasional encounter. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Andrew Krug
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| | | | | | | | | I got in on this string a bit late so if I repeat what someone else said I apologize. I was an Asian History major in college and I must say that one of the best movies depicting medevil era Japan is the Movie "Shogun" by James Clavell (spelling?). (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Andy Lynch
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| | | | | | | | | | I loved the book Shogun. I've read it a few times, it is very enjoyable. A glimpse into a very different culture and time period from my own. I also remember that there is a short comparison to life in medieval Europe, through Blackthorne's thoughts (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Daniel Barrett
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| | | | | | | | | | | But the Japanese didn't think it was very realistic. When I lived in Japan I asked about it, and the general response from Japanese people I talked to is there is a western bias to the show (there probably is since we filmed it), and they were (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Andrew Krug
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| | | | | | | | | | Andy Glad to find someone else who has taken the time to read the book. Even the movie takes a significant amount of time to finish (not very often that you find that to be the case). The movie is so good because it was very well researched and put (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | (...) Muskets, from the European standpoint, exit the Castle line, though I do make "hand gonnes" with a "bathroom plunger" and 1x1 round, appropriate to the 1400s. But from the Japanese standpoint, the late 1500s and 1600s are still considered (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Mike Timm
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| | | | | | | | (...) That's just what I do, any of the gunpowder devices get removed and then they fir in pretty good with the rest of the Castle stuff I have. It just means that the Ninja based minifigs get more spears as they lose that number of firearms, the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Paul Davidson
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| | | | | | -- Paul Davidson (...) Anything by Akira Kurosawa rules!!! (very accurate as well) Lone Wolf and Cub isn't bad either. (it's a series) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Leigh Holcombe
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| | | | | (...) Recently, I saw "Throne of Blood" (1957), a great film by Akira Kurosawa. Subtitled, of course. Its a remake of "Macbeth". It is also called "Cobweb Castle" and "Spider Web Castle", or by its Japanese title, "Kumonosu jo". This movie is in (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Wheels in medieval Japan —Ive Sorocuk
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| | | | (...) The japanese comic series "Lone Wolf and Cub" is currently being fully reprinted for the first time uncensored for western readers, and i can't recommend it enough. It first appeared in Japan about 30 years ago and an amazing lot of research (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)
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