Something interesting I learned about rōnin recently is that most of the dramas we have of them come from a very specific period of time during the Edo period, namely when all of the remnant conflicts ended after the second unification. Japan turned inward, shunning . That's when the largest number of people became rōnin, since suddenly there was no longer a need for a standing army. So now you've got all these armed and dangerous men with... nothing to do all day.
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TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 51d
What is a ronin for us uneducated fools?
tomselleck@sopuli.xyz · 55 pts · 51d
A samurai with no lord or master- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C5%8Dnin
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 50d
Something interesting I learned about rōnin recently is that most of the dramas we have of them come from a very specific period of time during the Edo period, namely when all of the remnant conflicts ended after the second unification. Japan turned inward, shunning . That's when the largest number of people became rōnin, since suddenly there was no longer a need for a standing army. So now you've got all these armed and dangerous men with... nothing to do all day.
thenextguy@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 50d
A pretty good Robert De Niro film. Sean Bean is in it too. He dies.
edit: a) apparently I’m wrong and he doesn’t die and he’s kind of pissed about it, and b) it’s a David Mamet script, so of course it’s good.
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 50d
Probably my favorite car chase scenes in any movie.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · -5 pts · 51d
Isn’t it a shit bag (ie: bag for holding shit)?
Shirow@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 51d
I mean I could be waiting for a leash :3
thenextguy@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 51d
Doesn’t really answer the question. Did their master die?
waldfee@feddit.org · 15 pts · 51d
Yes (or atleast in feudal Japan to early modern Japan (1185–1868))
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 50d