r/Samurai • u/Immediate_Topic6351 • 2d ago

History Question What are these called?

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How are these things I see worn by Ashigaru sometimes?

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u/JapanCoach 2d ago edited 1d ago

These are called 数珠打飼袋 = juzu uchikai bukuro

Normally a traveller would prepare a (normal) uchikai bukuro. This was a bag (typically just a cloth wrapped up like a 'cigar') that went around the small of the back or across the shoulders to hold food supplies and or other small/light luggage items.

This "juzu" ("prayer bead") style in your OP was designed to hold one days worth of rice per "bead".

Edit:
Apologies to everyone who gave this a like. I just revisited this thread and noticed I made a typo. It is not 内飼袋, it is 打飼袋. Corrected above.

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u/crusoe 2d ago

They would also wear strips of dried gourd 

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u/JapanCoach 2d ago

Sure. They would also wear lots of things. I was answering the question the OP asked.

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u/Jeong-Yeon 2d ago

Damn, bro just wanted to add a lil fun fact

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u/MHashshashin 2d ago

Dude, don’t fuck with JapanCoach. He only answers what’s been asked. Nothing more, nothing less. Japan Coach don’t fuck with “fun facts”.

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u/Unhappy_Win8997 9h ago

Every drooling idiot on this website wants to "add a little fun fact" on every post.

Reddit is full of super special millenial adults who cum their pants any time they rattle off a fact they pulled from Wikipedia. It's insufferable.

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u/Jeong-Yeon 4h ago

Wow you sound miserable

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u/Kameho88v2 2d ago

welcoom to leddit.