New Feudal Japanese released!

[fsn]

I do not need a new project ...
I do not need a new project ...
I do not need a new project ...
I do NOT need a new project ...

I am not going to look over to the Japanese book shelf ...

I am not going to look at the Tale of Genji ...

I am not ....

I am not ...

I am ...

I am doomed ...

[rangerdad]

Leon - you complete and utter ..... 

  well done on another great range of figures  - I'll have to get a second job at this rate !


Does anyone have any links for good info on Japanese clans/warlords/armies please ?

[fred.]

I do not need a new project ...
I do not need a new project ...
I do not need a new project ...
I do NOT need a new project ...

I am not going to look over to the Japanese book shelf ...

I am not going to look at the Tale of Genji ...

I am not ....

I am not ...

I am ...

I am doomed ...

Don’t fight it.

Give in to the inevitable.

[fsn]

There's already another tab on my spreadsheet. 

[Orcs]

Lovely Figures, but fortunately for me not my period. Mind you I said that about the peninsular Napoleonic's and ended up buying the village, mules and civvies.

[fred.]

Tell me about Sashimino banners, please peeps.

Large or Small?

Who carries them, just Samurai, and what proportion of a unit?

The other banners, are these just a preference thing?

Do the rolls of bamboo have any particular purpose, or are they just useful decoration?

[mmcv]

Does anyone have any links for good info on Japanese clans/warlords/armies please ?

https://www.samurai-archives.com has good info, as does http://gunbai-militaryhistory.blogspot.com/?m=1.

Tell me about Sashimino banners, please peeps.

Large or Small?

Who carries them, just Samurai, and what proportion of a unit?

The other banners, are these just a preference thing?

Do the rolls of bamboo have any particular purpose, or are they just useful decoration?

They tended to be worn by everyone, especially by the Sengoku Jidai (16th century civil war period). Larger ones tended to mark commanders, but even the commoners wore small ones and the tall varieties (often requiring a couple of men to maneuver) tended to be used as signal devices to tell a unit where to go.

The bamboo rolls served a similar roll to sandbags, creating barricades and something to absorb all the lead flying at you. At one point the Japanese were producing more guns than anywhere else in the world by some accounts so defensive emplacements were common. Combined with the palisades this would produce some deadly kill zones, as the Takeda cavalry found out at the Battle of Nagashino.

[DaveH]

Tell me about Sashimino banners, please peeps.

Large or Small?

Who carries them, just Samurai, and what proportion of a unit?

The other banners, are these just a preference thing?

Do the rolls of bamboo have any particular purpose, or are they just useful decoration?

Sashimono would be worn by both Samurai and Ashigaru. Not necessarily all of a unit would be wearing them as they are pretty big and could get in the way. Not sure if I've seen an estimate of actual numbers worn and I'll have to dig up my books to see if any of them give a clue.

Large or small would depend on the actual clan and its heraldry, so if you are using historical ones you would need a bit of research.

[fred.]

Thanks both. Very helpful.

Any suggestions on a good intro book?

[FierceKitty]

They weren't only flags, either.

[steve_holmes_11]

Extremely handy to supply Irregular Wars eastern lists:
 * Japanese (obvs)
 * Figures for Eastern Pirate raiding fleets.

[Leon]

Do the rolls of bamboo have any particular purpose, or are they just useful decoration?

As mmcv says, they were used as improvised defences in a variety of ways.  Our sculptor had made a single one for us to duplicate for the Kuruma Date shield, so we thought we might as well pop it in the range as well.  I've attached a picture our sculptor sent us of a selection of defences (ignore his writing on it!)

[Ithoriel]

This is a useful resource for sashimono and other banners. Sadly marred by Photobucket's stupid overlays, but still useable because if you follow the link to Photobucket itself you can see the image without it.

http://www.samurai-archives.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1638

For example, my favourite clan (the "Red Devils") the Ii.

[fred.]

Thanks Leon, great picture

And Ithoriel what a great if somewhat overwhelming resource.

[mad lemmey]

Fred, it is searchable, I used it for my Uesugi