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M143 - Samouraï avec drapeau, XIVs

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EK castings M143 - standard-bearer, XIVs
 
Flags in the armies of samurai have been used since ancient times. In addition to the heraldic function, the flag served as commander for the location of the soldiers on the battlefield. Khata-dzisi was a typical banner of the 11-15th centuries and was a vertical panel fastened to a pole on a short transverse bar. To the pommel, a colored ribbon could be attached, which served as a distinctive sign of a separate military unit.
 
The standard-bearer wears a do-maru armor with leather lacing, originally intended for samurai of the lowest rank and rank-and-file ashigaru. On the shoulders of the curly protective gyo. Bracers (kote) of dense fabric with black metal plates are put on only the left hand. On the legs are black lacquered leggings (suneate). On his head is a black eboshi cap, folded in a special way and tied with white tape. Armed with tachi sword and dagger aikuti.
On the cloth hata-jusi is represented mon in the form of kiri (paulonia). Its color could be white on a black background or vice versa (the very image of mona had more significance than its color). Originally it was the imperial emblem, the second most important after the chrysanthemum. Mon Kiri was granted to Asikaga Takauji (1305-1358), who in 1338 became the first shogun of the Ashikaga clan, whose descendants held this post for the next two centuries.