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Kanazawa City Ashigaru Museum (Ashigaru Shiryokan) 足軽資料館

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Kanazawa City Ashigaru Museum (Ashigaru Shiryokan)
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The Kanazawa City Ashigaru Museum displays two of the oldest surviving ashigaru houses. Ashigaru were low-ranking samurai foot soldiers in feudal Japan. The museum includes the Takanishi Family House and the Shimizu Family House, which were moved to this location in the 1990s.

Source: visitkanazawa.jp ↗, read 2026-09-11

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