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Why Did Paperwork Matter After a Samurai Battle? - The Household System of Kamakura Warfare | Sleepy Facts About History
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The familiar image of the samurai is a lone swordsman testing his personal honor in a face-to-face duel. But the warriors of the Kamakura period, from 1185 to 1333, looked and fought very differently. At the center of this episode is the mounted archer in his great ō-yoroi armor, shooting from horseback not as an individual talent, but as the visible center of a much larger household enterprise.
This episode examines the real equipment, tactics, and labor that made warfare possible in…
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