About the Clan Uniform

[Lord Uesugi Kenshin]

For those of you who didn't know, the Seikai Haori is based on the uniform of the Shinsengumi. The Shinsengumi were a special police force who served the last Tokugawa Shogun. They were a collection of Samurai, Farmers, Merchants, Priests, Doctors and many other trades. They were the first samurai group of the Tokugawa era to allow those from non-samurai classes which was very rare at the time. The uniform was quite radical at the time as most Samurai wore dull (black, brown or grey) colors. It was used to easily identify each other in combat.

I'm not gonna write a whole lot cause I'm lazy... but I provided links if yer interested in learning more. wink

*Links of interest
SamuraiWiki
WikiPedia
The NHK made an excellent Taiga (Period) Drama you can get here.