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Samurai in Fukuoka

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 6:20 -0700
by Stan Sakai
Here is a 3 1/2 minute video at the Kuroda Yoroioroe:


http://mdn.mainichi.jp/video/mai/0241.h ... &width=430

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 7:30 -0700
by Lubidius
Thanks for sharing. The one fella at 2:22min into the video looks like the "Lord Of Darkness" from the movie Legend:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/ ... rkness.jpg
It's almost as if the notoriety of the local Daimyo was measured by the size of the ornamentation on his 'Men' (helmet), to use a Kendo term. I don't know if the helmet was originally referred to as 'Men' in the Edo period.

Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:02 -0700
by Fanfan
i would have liked to see that when i was in Asakusa !

perhaps a next time !