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Join Date: Jan 2011
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Apparently the Satsuma Clan had a liking for Fukuro Yari because they were easier to re-shaft than the tanged type.
According to one of the curators at Leeds Royal Armoury a batch were also made for the Shogunate Army during the Bakamatsu period, ie the period when Japan's isolation was ending. |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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i'll look for a broad arrow i will give it a bath in orange juice in honour of the clan.
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