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MERCILESS MERCENARIES
                                                                                                   Samurai on horseback and ashigaru foot soldiers
                                                                                                   are packed together during the fighting around
                                                                                                   Osaka castle. Some of the ashigaru carry the
                                                                                                   distinctive Japanese naginata, a curved blade
                                                                                                   on the end of a long wooden pole.
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