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Re: Wheels in medieval Japan
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 20:01:26 GMT
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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 I don't know what other
weapons to give them.
Any suggestions? Anybody know of any GOOD movies that represent
fuedal japan well?
thanks, zack
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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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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| (...) 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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