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M226 - standard-bearer Ashigaru

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EK castings M226 - Ashigaru avec drapeau, 1600
 
By the end of the 16th century infantry-ashigaru become full-fledged professional soldiers. With the 1591 Decree on the division of the estates they are officially defined as the lower strata of the samurai class. The most devoted and courageous ashigaru personal merit could get the highest rewards and reach the highest positions of the samurai.
 
Ashigaru acting as standard-bearer in the daimyo's army has great opportunities to become famous in battle. He was also the most vulnerable. Ashigaru-kill-bearer was considered glorious feat, comparable with the extracted head decent samurai.
Ashigaru wearing standard armor to okegawa-coated light brown varnish. Front and rear with gold paint inflicted to Mr. Mont. Bracers (kote) represent ordinary fabric sleeves sewn to them with lacquered metal plates. Tucked in his belt two swords as a sign of belonging to the samurai class. On the head bandage hatimaki of white cloth with four black metal plates.
 
Driven into the ground flag - nobori commonly used to identify individual units within the army, or just take out in large numbers to demonstrate the military force in the face of the enemy. On the vertical white cloth black color family depicts three mon Tokugawa (three-leaf stem roses inscribed in a circle). October 21, 1600 in the bloody battle of Sekigahara Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated his rivals in the struggle for sole power over Japan. 74000th army of Tokugawa ( "East") inflicted a decisive defeat 82000th coalition troops ( "West"). Hardly the battle began, many of the coalition forces began to move to the side of Ieyasu. A few hours later it was all over, the coalition has lost in killed about 40 thousand people. The winner Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 received the title of shogun and united all of Japan under his rule. The shogunate Tokugawa clan, with its capital in Edo (modern Tokyo) the rules for the next two and a half centuries, until 1868.