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Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 2What jobs did dogs have in the Jomon period? Chibanosuke Guide Buried Dog from the Kasori Shell Mounds Looks like there were dogs even in the Jomon period! Did they go on walks or play with humans, like now? They might’ve played, aye, but they had real jobs to do as well. Jobs? Like what? The Jomon dogs were hunting partners. They were indispensable companions in hunting, driving prey into traps. The prey would have also become food for the dogs as a reward. Did they have other roles too? In cold seasons, humans and

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 3What color were rice ears in the Yayoi period? Chibanosuke Guide They were growing rice in the Yayoi period, right? Aye, the Yayoi people cultivated the lowlands, built facilities to bring water to the fields, and then started paddy rice cultivation. But, recent research has revealed that rice was also cultivated during the Jomon period. Was rice in the Yayoi period different from rice we have today? Rice grain impressions left on Yayoi earthenware transferred with silicon Indeed. It seems that there were individual differences in the height and size of the ears of rice in

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 6 Who Fought in the Taira no Masakado’s Rebellion? Chibanosuke Guide During Masakado’s rebellion, the imperial court didn’t send out its own army—they had other warriors like Masakado fight against him, right? Indeed. Though they did fight under the court’s command... keeping a conscriptional army cost too much. Hiring warriors was small group but stronger,as a result cheaper. But they wouldn’t fight for free, would they? Nay. The court offered rewards in the form of ranks and titles. ’Twas common in those days to grant social status instead of

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 7Why Did Taira no Tadatsune Surrender to Minamoto no Yorinobu? Chibanosuke Guide Tadatsune gave up when Minamoto no Yorinobu was sent to him, didn’t he? After resisting for about three years? That feels kind of sudden… Lord Tadatsune is actually one of our ancestors. Back when Minamoto no Yorinobu was Governor of Hitachi, he defeated Lord Tadatsune in battle. From that time on, Lord Tadatsune served him as his lord. So when Yorinobu came for him again, well... it’s no surprise he surrendered so quickly. Wait... Minamoto? You mean that Minamoto? Indeed. Minamoto no

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 8How Big Were Horses in the Old Days? Chibanosuke Guide Is this what Japanese horses used to look like? They're so small— kind of like Nomao. H-hey! I’m still growing, you know! Back then, horses stood about 130 centimeters tall at the shoulder— about the size of a modern pony. Even the famous warhorses in The Tale of the Heike were only a little over 140 centimeters. Bones found at samurai residences in Kamakura suggest the same size. Horses today are way bigger, right? Aye. Thoroughbreds, which are common today, stand around 160

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 13What Was the Relationship Between the Chiba Clan and the Oyumi Kubō? Chibanosuke Guide Did the Chiba clan and Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the Oyumi Kubō, always fight each other? Not quite. Some members of the Chiba clan actually sided with Yoshiaki. In the Warring States period, it was quite common for people— even within the same family—to switch sides depending on what benefited them. ’Twas the way of the times. So the Chiba clan wasn’t exactly united, then.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 14Why Did the Chiba Clan Ally with the Hōjō Clan? Chibanosuke Guide Why did the Chiba clan team up with the Hōjō clan in Odawara? Odawara is pretty far away, though. Aye. But the Satomi clan from Awa and Kazusa—both in the Bōsō region—had begun pushing into Shimousa. The Chiba clan couldn’t fend them off on their own. That’s why they turned to the Hōjō for help. But in the end… that alliance turned out to be their undoing.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 16Praying to the Sun: Taira no Yoshibumi Chibanosuke Guide Who's that man in armor, and what’s that mysterious light shining down on him? That is our ancestor, Lord Yoshibumi of the Chiba clan. It is said he was born after his parents prayed to the sun.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 18 Myōken Appears at the Someya River with Taira no Yoshibumi and Taira no Masakado Chibanosuke Guide Aren’t Yoshibumi-sama and Masakado-sama going to drown, wading into the river like that? This scene shows the time when the two of them fought against Lord Yoshibumi’s older brother, Kunika. The river is the Someya River, which now flows through Takasaki City in Gunma Prefecture. But worry not—our guardian deity, Myōken-sama, caused the waters to recede and kept them safe.

Knowledge Spots｜Chibanosuke Guide 21Where Was He Going to by Boat? Chibanosuke Guide Who’s that on the little boat? And where’s he going? That’s Lord Yoritomo. After losing to the Heike forces at the Battle of Ishibashiyama—what’s now Odawara City —he fled across the sea to the southern part of the Bōsō Peninsula, to Awa. But thanks to the support of Lord Tsunetane and the warriors of Bōsō, he would go on to become the Lord of Kamakura.