28mm metal miniatures

Hosokawa Tadaoki and Katagiri Katsumoto, plus standard bearers and elite samurai. Hosokawa Tadaoki, wearing a pheasant feather kabuto, was a powerful Toyotomi Daimyo who later supported the Tokugawa. Katagiri Katsumoto was also a loyal Toyotomi supporter; he is wearing armour covered in bear fur. The three elite hatamoto samurai guards wear unusual armours that would have mostly been worn by daimyo or high profile samurai. One has an eboshi kabuto and a sashimono of a burning arrow. The next is wearing an unusual kawari kabuto, with a cow head style top and carries a nagamaki. The last also wears a rare kabuto type, mimicking a human forehead, and he wears nio dou armour, representing an old wandering ronin. This figure is an attempt to portray Sasaki Kojiro, a famous master swordsman who was Hosokawa’s master at arms.

Supplied unpainted.