Samurai dog
We all know of Ein, the data dog from the Bebop crew or Kiba’s comrade and best friend, Akamaru, but have you heard of a samurai with a dog as a sidekick?
A high-ranking samurai in the mid to late Edo period (18th-19th Century) had a one of a kind four legged companion! Proof of this is shown through the world’s only authentic armour of a wooden helmet and coat of black-lacquered scale mail that is fitted for a dog. However, it’s suggested that the dog has never worn the armour into battle and more likely have worned it for parades.
Historians believe that the armour belonged to a samurai named named Hata Roku Ryouzae-mon Tokiyoshi who had a dog called Inu-jishi (meaning Dog Lion).
The samurai dog armour is now located in a UK museum. Gives a whole new meaning to man’s best friend indeed!
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