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When in Japan... Checking out Tokyo's brilliant Samurai museum. 
Then suddenly in the middle of all those Shogun, this guy pops up.
Some powerful looking hand cannon.
An evil looking Matthew Perry, ( of the black ships, not Friends)
Learned today that ninja swords were straight, Samurai curved, because ninja fight in confined space so stab not cut.
This golden armour belonged to the man who united Japan & first moved the capital to Edo (now known as Tokyo).
Samurai liked dragonflies because they only fly forward, never retreat.
Farmer footsoldier armour. About 80% of Japanese were this. Samurai just the top 7% noble families.
The top decoration is the family crest. It would be removed for the battle itself rather like European Knight tournament crests.
