This battalion was from Tanegashima island in Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyushu). That's where guns were first introduced to Japan from Europe in 1543 and forever changed warfare in Japan.

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Album name:	philbert / Nagahama Kimono Garden Party 長浜きもの大園遊会
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