The peasants of ancient Japan have had enough, in addition to taxes and duties, the possession of all weapons is strictly forbidden by the ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi (edict on "sword hunting"). The peasants in this small village muster all their defences and angrily rush to meet the lord's emissaries. Three different packhorses are included in the series. This can be used to represent different reasons for the peasants' anger: -one horse carries solid boxes in which tax payments are transported (WEKO 71a); -one horse carries the surveyor's instruments (WEKO 71b), for the ruler had also ordered a resurvey of all fields in order to be able to tax even the last square metre of soil. -one horse with weapons collected in the neighbouring village is now to have more of them loaded (WEKO 71c);
Group
Flat Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Number of parts
15
Epoch
Renaissance
Time
1420 - 1590
Nationality/Location
Japan
State
New
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