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2. Kate-bukuro - Wikipedia

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   A kate-bukuro was a provisions bag used by the samurai class and their retainers. For ordinary officers, these provisions bags were known as koshi-zuto. These types of bags were made of twisted paper strings within the style of fine basketwork, and measures around 1 shaku to 9 sun (around 30 cm (12 in)). These bags were then carried at the ...

3. Kubi bukuro - Wikipedia

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   Kubi bukuro (首袋) is a type of string bag used by the samurai class primarily during the Sengoku period of Japan. Kubi bukuro literally means 'neck bag'. This type of bag was made out of net to carry a severed enemy head. When walking, it is hung it from the waist. When the owner is riding a horse, the bag is fastened to the saddle.

4. Mizuno clan - Wikipedia

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   During this period, the Mizuno clan enjoyed a close relationship with the Imagawa clan and the Matsudaira clan, who were based in the nearby area. Intermarriage between the Mizuno and Matsudaira clans was common, and the Mizuno clan's influence rivaled that of the powerful Matsudaira clan. The Mizuno clan held a position of equal power to the ...

5. Horo (cloak) - Wikipedia

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   Horo were used as far back as the Kamakura period (1185–1333). [4] When inflated the horo was said to protect the wearer from arrows shot from the side and from behind. [5] [6] [1] This was tested in the Ancient Discoveries episode "Ancient Special Forces" (Episode 6 of Season 8) and found to be surprisingly effective at stopping arrows (shot from a period-appropriate Japanese bow) before ...

6. Mizuno Katsushige - Wikipedia

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   Mizuno Katsunari (水野 勝成) (1564–1651), also known as Mizuno Rokuzaemon (水野 六左衛門), was a Rōnin, and a Japanese samurai daimyō of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. [2] Mizuno Katsushige was known for his participations in battles against Takeda clan , Tenshō-Jingo War , Kyūshū campaign Battle of Komaki and Nagakute ...

7. Mizuno Tadamasa - Wikipedia

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   Mizuno Tadamasa (水野 忠政, 1493 – 22 August 1543) was a Japanese samurai lord and daimyo of the Sengoku period. He was the father of Odai no Kata, the mother of shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was a member of the Mizuno clan. In 1533, Mizuno Tadamasa built and ruled Kariya Castle. Tadamasa was the father of Mizuno Nobumoto and Mizuno Tadashige.