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Re: Wheels in medieval Japan
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 19:32:44 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Mike Rayhawk writes:
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.

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



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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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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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