

Yuji Yamada, a ninja expert and professor at Mie University’s Faculty of Humanities, described the artifacts as “groundbreaking discoveries.” He added that the forms of these primitive tools suggest that they may have been the prototypes of shuriken and other weapons used by the feudal-era undercover agents. Today in starsand we will be grabbing 4 of the 5 artifacts available and unlocking the seeder suit, the best suit in the game.

“It is possible that the Hojo clan made these getaway weapons after realizing it faced Hideyoshi’s overwhelming force,” Iwata said. Hachioji Castle also fell during the Siege of Odawara. (Provided by the Saitama Prefectural Ranzan Historical Museum)įour unglazed clay balls were among items excavated at the ruins of Hachioji Castle around 1960.Įach ball, measuring approximately 1 to 3 cm in diameter, has four spike-like projections so that one of them points upward, apparently to slow the advance of enemy forces. They are kept by the Hachioji City Historical Museum. freedom to explore a huge landscape filled with dangerous creatures and artifacts. The Owada jinya, located about 6.5 kilometers away, may have been its branch castle.Ĭlay caltrops unearthed at the ruins of Hachioji Castle. Starsand adds collectable bugs and much more in its latest update. The Siege of Odawara forced the rival Hojo clan to hole up in Iwatsuki Castle before it fell. Iwata came to this conclusion after re-examining items from the late Warring States period (late 15th to late 16th centuries) excavated at archaeological sites in Saitama and the western Tokyo city of Hachioji.įlat throwing stones with sharpened corners apparently to inflict damage on enemy forces were unearthed at the ruins of Iwatsuki Castle and the Owada jin’ya administrative headquarters, both in Saitama, between the 1990s and 2000s.Ī hexagonal stone from the Iwatsuki Castle ruins measured 4.8 centimeters in diameter and 1 cm thick, while 17 stones from the Owada jinya measured 8 to 14 cm in diameter and 1.5 to 3 cm thick. All rights reserved.RANZAN, Saitama Prefecture-Artifacts labeled as “groundbreaking discoveries” from the ruins of structures associated with warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Siege of Odawara in 1590 could have been prototypes of ninja weapons.Īkihiro Iwata, an archaeologist and curator at the Saitama Prefectural Ranzan Historical Museum here, said the flat stones and clay balls may well have been the forerunners of “shuriken” throwing stars and “makibishi” caltrops that later made up ninja arsenals.


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