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Opal head, opal katana, Kobuki samurai brilliance at its absolute finest in pendant form! This is legendary museum quality glass that you can actually wear like a precious gem stone and show off to your family and friends. This is glass history right here!
Fûma Kotarô was the fifth and the best known of the Fûma clan leaders. Born in Sagami Province (modern Kanagawa Prefecture) on an unknown date, he became notorious as the leader of a band of 200 Rappa "battle disrupters", divided into four groups: brigands, pirates, burglars and thieves. Kotarô served under Hôjô Ujimasa and Hôjô Ujinao. His biggest achievement came in 1580, when the Fûma ninja covertly infiltrated and attacked a camp of the Takeda clan forces under Takeda Katsuyori at night, succeeding in causing severe chaos in the camp, which resulted in mass fratricide among the disoriented enemies. In 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi laid siege to Odawara Castle, which eventually fell, and the Hôjô clan was forced to surrender. In folk legend, he is an inhuman figure: a monstrous giant (216 cm tall), supposedly part-oni (ogre) with inverted eyes. In various works of fiction, Fûma Kotarô is often depicted as Hattori Hanzô's arch-rival. As the name Fûma literally means "wind demon", Fûma Kotarô's depiction is frequently more flamboyant, fantastical, and sometimes even demonic; in contrast is Hanzô, who is usually rendered with a relatively subdued appearance.
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