Samurai Archers

Did samurai archers wear the same armor as regular samurai?

ninjabattle wrote:

> Did samurai archers wear the same armor as regular samurai?

In general, yes. Considering, especially, that samurai were first archers before
anything else, of course.

Later, archer corps might have had less expensive gear but in general it was the
same stuff.


Tony
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Yes. Tony-san is right. They did use the same armor.

>From: "Anthony J. Bryant" <ajbryant@...>
>Reply-To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
>To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [samuraihistory] Samurai Archers
>Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:52:09 -0500
>
>ninjabattle wrote:
>
> > Did samurai archers wear the same armor as regular samurai?
>
>
>In general, yes. Considering, especially, that samurai were first archers
>before
>anything else, of course.
>
>Later, archer corps might have had less expensive gear but in general it
>was the
>same stuff.
>
>
>Tony
>--
>
>Anthony J. Bryant
>Website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com
>
>Effingham's Heraldic Avatars (...and stuff):
>http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/avatarbiz.html
>
>Grand Cross, Order of the Laurel:
>http://www.cafepress.com/laurelorder
>
>

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