Horses

Oblivion wrote:

> In alot of the samurai movies I've seen there are very few horses. Were horses scarse in japan? & was it so that only the higher classes could have them?

Check this site:
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma01.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma02.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma03.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma04.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma05.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma06.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma07.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma08.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/uma490/html/1/e_uma09.html
I guess this illustrate a bit of the role of horses in samurai history,
Regards,
Robert


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