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Shiploads Of Samurai Photos

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Could be an attack of wind. On the subject of old samurai photos - I once saw one of a group in a street scene of a couple in armour and a guy with a yari wearing his katana in the usual position but edge down. After sniggering about it being a posed shot of a farmer who had been pressed into service who didn't know how to wear a sword, a Japanese gent pointed out that for a spearman it was correct. It moved the tsuka up out of the way when thrusting the yari by sliding it through the left hand.  

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For education purposes, a lot of the images are albumen photos by Beato and have been coloured in subsequently. They are authentic in so far as Beato was taking them in the 1860s, just before the samurai era disappeared. Of course, there are photos by others (Shimooka, Ueno, etc). Some of the photos are taken in a studio but I have seen many taken outside of clan houses, in the open, etc. Original prints command high prices (eg a collection of 40-50 original prints is available for purchase at around $100-120k in the U.K.).

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