Comments on: Horse Racing Samurai Style http://www.nihonsun.com/2009/07/10/horse-racing-samurai-style/ Japan's Online Travel & Culture Magazine Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:25:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Somen http://www.nihonsun.com/2009/07/10/horse-racing-samurai-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 Somen Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:45:35 +0000 http://www.nihonsun.com/?p=2202#comment-1535 People wear watches, glasses but tottaly okay with me to call it historical. Take it easy ! People wear watches, glasses but tottaly okay with me to call it historical. Take it easy !

]]> By: Shane Sakata http://www.nihonsun.com/2009/07/10/horse-racing-samurai-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1393 Shane Sakata Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:57:55 +0000 http://www.nihonsun.com/?p=2202#comment-1393 @Genshin I appreciate the time that you have taken to comment but find the implication that I blindly believe that "if a guide says it is so, then it is so" slightly offensive. A number of sources that I used to research this article indicate that this is based on historical events dating back more than 1,000 years and that the government of Japan considers the event a National Intangible Folk Cultural Asset (by the way I don't believe everything the government tells me either). Whether or not you (or I) believe that it is or isn't an accurate historical event - it is taking place regardless and the purpose of this site is to share that information. @Genshin I appreciate the time that you have taken to comment but find the implication that I blindly believe that “if a guide says it is so, then it is so” slightly offensive.

A number of sources that I used to research this article indicate that this is based on historical events dating back more than 1,000 years and that the government of Japan considers the event a National Intangible Folk Cultural Asset (by the way I don’t believe everything the government tells me either).

Whether or not you (or I) believe that it is or isn’t an accurate historical event – it is taking place regardless and the purpose of this site is to share that information.

]]> By: Genshin http://www.nihonsun.com/2009/07/10/horse-racing-samurai-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1390 Genshin Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:26:07 +0000 http://www.nihonsun.com/?p=2202#comment-1390 So I guess if a guide says it is so, then it is so. lol. They would have you believe that right down through the Meiji period, when people had forgotten what yoroi looked like let alone how to wear it, and everyone was doing their damnedest to distance themselves from any connection with their feudal past - that somehow a group of people were still racing around in yoroi as if they were Samurai - and on European horses to boot. Highly doubtful. So I guess if a guide says it is so, then it is so. lol.

They would have you believe that right down through the Meiji period, when people had forgotten what yoroi looked like let alone how to wear it, and everyone was doing their damnedest to distance themselves from any connection with their feudal past – that somehow a group of people were still racing around in yoroi as if they were Samurai – and on European horses to boot. Highly doubtful.

]]> By: Shane Sakata http://www.nihonsun.com/2009/07/10/horse-racing-samurai-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 Shane Sakata Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:40:09 +0000 http://www.nihonsun.com/?p=2202#comment-1388 I believe that you are referring to horses similar to the Noma. As of May 2008 there were only 84 in Japan per this Japan Times article: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080518x2.html The size of the size of the horses may differ but this event dates back to 973 per the online guide to the event (link above) so I would say that it is in fact historical... I believe that you are referring to horses similar to the Noma. As of May 2008 there were only 84 in Japan per this Japan Times article: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080518x2.html

The size of the size of the horses may differ but this event dates back to 973 per the online guide to the event (link above) so I would say that it is in fact historical…

]]> By: Genshin http://www.nihonsun.com/2009/07/10/horse-racing-samurai-style/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 Genshin Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:26:33 +0000 http://www.nihonsun.com/?p=2202#comment-1386 Hardly historical considering the fact that they are riding on European horses. The Samurai rode around on short stocky native Japanese horses half that size (originally from Mongolian stock). European horses were introduced to Japan in the Meiji period, so riding around on them dates back only to that time. Hardly historical considering the fact that they are riding on European horses. The Samurai rode around on short stocky native Japanese horses half that size (originally from Mongolian stock).

European horses were introduced to Japan in the Meiji period, so riding around on them dates back only to that time.

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