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The Grim Reaper's Messenger

The Grim Reaper's Messenger

During the Sengoku period, many lords used a retainer who closely resembled them as a body double (kagemusha → a warrior made to look the same as the lord in order to deceive the enemy), reducing the probability that they themselves would be killed.

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戦国時代せんごくじだいには、多おおくの殿とのさまが自分じぶんと良よく似にた家来けらいを影武者かげむしゃ(かげむしゃ→敵てきをあざむくため、殿とのさまと同おなじかっこうをさせた武者むしゃ)にして、自分じぶんが殺ころされる確率かくりつを減へらしていました。

During the Sengoku period, many lords used a retainer who closely resembled them as a body double (kagemusha → a warrior made to look the same as the lord in order to deceive the enemy), reducing the probability that they themselves would be killed.

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