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Re: Japanese Sashimono (battle flags) + Ninja Chess Upgrade
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Thu, 9 Aug 2001 02:11:17 GMT
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--- Kung-Khoon Quah <kquah1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> After getting some really nice reference books with
> "kamon" (clan symbols),
> some scanning and fiddling with Avery labels, I was able
> to produce my
> own "sashimono" which are battle flags worn by ashigaru
> (common soldiers) on
> their backs and horsemen during battles.
> The link to my webpage is
> http://web.tampabay.rr.com/kkqwebpage
>
> Chess_sekigahara - my ninja chess set will now be
> upgraded to include the
> two sides of the Battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa (blue
> ) and Ishida (red)
> and will now be called my Sekigahara Chess Set.
> Ikeda_troops and Toku_troops - pics of some horsemen with
> sashimono on
> side saddle holders. Note Terumasa Ikeda was the
> son-in-law of Ieyasu
> Tokugawa and was present at the Battle of Sekigaha.
> Ikeda later built
> Himeji castle.
> Sashimono - here I have 3 of them in detail. The flags
> are two-sided and
> have the same feel as the Lego flags but they are
> thicker.
> The flags from top to bottom are for:
> Ikeda - crossed fans, some books show Ikeda mon as a
> butterfly.
> Tokugawa - mon of aoi (hollyhock leaves) in a circle
> Ishida - kanji character
> Note most of the sashimono were in black and white
> because this offered the
> most contrast but some were in color. Also, this is
> different from the
> "uma jirushi", which was the personal battle standard
> which is used only by
> the general or commander to indicate his location.
>
> The reference book which is a detailed discussion of the
> Battle of Sekigahara
> is called Sekigahara 1600 - the final struggle for power
> by Anthony Bryant
> and is part of the Osprey Military Campaign Series #40.
> Nice pictures,
> excellent 3-D maps and great narrative. Highly
> recommended. The book
> contains 24 pictures of "mon" in detailed black/white.
>
> One idea I am toying with is to re-enact the entire
> Battle of Sekigahara with
> Lego Ninja minifigs and of course all the sashimono mon
> ... but I am counting
> my minifigs to see if I can do it. What do you think ?
> LMK.
> Of course, it will be microfig scale.
>
> KK Quah
Here is my sugestion. Do the battle in super microfig
scale, using 1x2, 1x4, 1x6 tiles or plates to represent
each side. The book should have pictures of the terrain so
model that out on a couple of baseplates. We called them
sandboxes in the Army. Then use flags to number important
sites on the battlefield, then have the number correspond
to a blown up diorama. Number one might be Tokugawa's HQ
complete with runners, flag bearers, guards etc. Number 2
may be a pivatol point in the battle. Number 3 could be
Ishida's HQ and so on. I bet you could get six to eight
scenes. I hope i conveyed what I am talking about
Joel
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