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by Hiroaki
When you think of battle scenes from the Sengoku period, you usually imagine familiar battle scenes from TV dramas and movies. Horse warriors and a...
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by Hiroaki
Tameshigiri試し斬り was an experiment to test the sharpness of a sword, and during the Edo period (1603-1867), the bodies of prisoners who had been exe...
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by Hiroaki
During the Edo period, ``traveling clothes and wakizashi'' were a common sight.In the early Edo period, even townspeople were free to carry swords ...
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by Hiroaki
Most samurai considered the sword sacred. Being rude to a sword was considered extremely disrespectful. It was strictly forbidden to step over anot...
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