Oumajirushi - Oumajirushi

…For this reason, they were made tall, large, and conspicuous, but the limit was the size that one horse flag bearer could handle. Usually, daimyo used larger large horse flags, thought to have originated from shinnohata (a sacred flag for the family's war god), and smaller small horse flags, which originated from their own sashimono, in different shapes. At the end of a long bamboo pole, they took on a wide variety of shapes to distinguish the members of each army corps, such as hata, which had the significance of a sacred flag, maneki, meko, kazashi, tama, hat, umbrella, or uchiwa, as well as a wind vane from arrow battles, a hood from armor, and a lantern as a nighttime landmark. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oumajirushi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…そのために，高く大きく目だつように作られるが，1人の馬印持(旗差)が扱えるほどの大きさが限度。通常，大名は真旗（しんのはた）(自家の軍神の依代)に由来すると思われるより大きい大馬印，自身の指物に由来するより小さい小馬印を，形態を変えて用いた。竹木の長柄の先端に，依代の意義のある〈はた〉，招き･目籠･かざし･玉･笠･傘･団扇，また矢戦の風見に由来する吹抜き，防具の幌，夜間目印の提灯など，各軍団の構成員の識別のために，多種多様の形態をとる。…

※「大馬印」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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