Henry Schnell

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A reenactment of the German weapons dealer Henry Schnell in the 2006 Aizu Clan Parade in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
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A reenactment of the German weapons dealer Henry Schnell in the 2006 Aizu Clan Parade in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Henry Schnell was, with his brother Edward, a German arms-dealers active in Japan during the Boshin war, in 1868-1869. He is known to have counselled the Daimyo of Nagaoka, in Niigata, to whom he especially sold two Gatling guns (only another one existed in Japan at the time), 2,000 French rifles, and various other armaments.

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