Death & Injuries in Samurai Battles
Death & Injuries in Battle
This information comes from Dr. Karl Friday and was originally posted on Iaido-L (an excellent source of information) Nov. 5th., 1999:
620 Recorded Battlewound Casualties (1500-1560 A.D.)
368 arrow wounds
124 spear wounds
96 injuries from thrown or slung rocks
18 sword wounds
7 combined arrow and spear wounds
3 arrow and sword wounds
2 rock and spear wounds
2 rock and arrow wounds
584 Recorded Battlewound Casualties (1563-1600 A.D.)
263 gunshot wounds
126 arrow wounds
99 spear wounds
40 sword wounds
30 injuries from thrown or slung rocks
26 injured by combinations
This information was based on 85 documents ranging from 1500-1600 A.D. and represents 1428 casualties that resulted in only 216 deaths.
Long range weapons accounted for about 75% of wounds received in the pre-gun area and about 72% in the post-gun era.
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