Rogue Samurai were called "Ronin"
Rogue Samurai were called "Ronin"
 Samurai Time-Line |
Ronin: n. A masterless samurai;
a samurai without a Lord or retainer. Literally composed of the kanji character for wave and the kanji character for person. A man thrown onto the seas of change. Ronin- The social adversaries of the bakufu regimes. Ronin consistently proved their military prowess, because it ultimately took the combined efforts of over fifty thousand warriors and large western guns to crush their collective insurrection. Ronin- a group of Japanese SAMURAI who avenged their lord, Lord Asano, in 1703 by assassinating the official responsible for his death. They immediately surrendered to the authorities. After a year of debate at all levels of society, the samurai committed suicide as ordered. |
| MAJOR PARTS OF THE BUKE-ZUKURI KOSHIRAE |
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| The buke-zukuri style of sword
mounting is the most common type seen today on antique
Japanese swords. It is also called the uchigatana or katana style. A set of swords consisting of a long sword (daito) and a short sword (shoto) which are mounted in identical koshirae are referred to as a daisho. Daisho or daito could only be worn by samurai or higher rank, whereas the short sword (shoto or wakizashi) could be worn by merchants, tradesmen and craftsmen. This accounts for the increased value of daito (katana or tachi) versus shoto and for the greater numbers of shoto (wakizashi) found today. Swords in buke-zukuri mountings are worn edge up with the saya thrust through the obi (waist band). |
| MAJOR PARTS OF THE JAPANESE SWORD BLADE |
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| Japanese sword blades were/are
made in a variety of lengths. The blade is classified by
its length. A daito (long sword),either a tachi or katana, is over two shaku (one shaku equals approximately 12 inches or 30 centimeters) in length. A shoto or wakizashi has a blade length between one and two shaku. A tanto blade is normally under one shaku in length. The length of a sword blade (nagasa) is measured from the tip of the kissaki in a straight line to the mune-machi. |
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