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Video of Teppo Ashigaru

            I normally stay away from posting video on Flickr, but I thought some of you may want to see a short take of the re-enactment. 

The Hyakunin Teppo (Musket) Corps has its origins in the early days of the Edo period. The group consisted of 100 gunners made up of three squads of troops from the areas of Negoro, Iga and Kōga. If these names conjure up images of ninja, you are not mistaken. These three areas were famous for producing Japan’s most famous pre-modern spies, and troops from these hardy regions were given the responsibility of helping to protect the western approach to Tokugawa Ieyasu’s capital, Edo (now called Tokyo). Back in 1590, when Ieyasu moved to Edo, Shinjuku was considered the sticks—but the area where the matchlock corps was based, near present-day JR Shin Okubo Station, eventually grew to about 1,000 houses with a population of about 150,000 people.  I believe that this squad remained active throughout the entire Edo period, serving the Shogunate until the bitter end in 1868.

25 years ago, an annual exhibition to pay homage to this musket squad was created in conjunction with the Kaichu Inari Shrine festival.

Taken on: September 28, 2009

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