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Topic: Samurai Police Posted: 03-Feb-2012 at 20:12 |
To answer Alani's question on who used weapons like the Jutte or Hachiwara: these were the official implements of the samurai police tasked with maintaining order in the shogun's domain. Swords were forbidden in the warlord's palace, so guards typically carried blunt iron bars designed to trap and shatter concealed daggers
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Posted: 03-Feb-2012 at 20:21 |
That's an incredible weapon, Nick, and I can well understand why the little hook being there to stop the blades.
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Posted: 03-Feb-2012 at 21:01 |
The officer's were called, doshin, and this jutte is more representative of what they carried.
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Posted: 04-Feb-2012 at 19:01 |
Thanks Okamido. Did this weapon influence the development of the later sai, basically a larger version of the jutte with two hooks?
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Posted: 05-Feb-2012 at 16:31 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
Thanks Okamido. Did this weapon influence the development of the later sai, basically a larger version of the jutte with two hooks?
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It's believed that the sai was introduced to Japan through Okinawa by way of China. It supposedly has the exact same design as the Chinese chai.
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Posted: 05-Feb-2012 at 19:10 |
It also looks very similar to the jitte
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Posted: 06-Feb-2012 at 19:15 |
The Samurai Police were vital for keeping order in an unstable feudal country. The presence of wandering ronin (masterless samurai) required highly trained lawmen
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Posted: 07-Feb-2012 at 19:11 |
After the Meiji Restoration Samurai police remained in the emperor's service, tasked with arresting Samurai who refused to relinquish their privileges. Although many of the Shinsengumi were assassinated or killed in battle, there was no shortage of eager recruits.
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Posted: 08-Feb-2012 at 19:29 |
Here's a reconstruction of Samurai police uniforms. They chose deliberately bright colors so they would be recognised in battle and strike terror into the hearts of their enemies
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Posted: 09-Feb-2012 at 19:10 |
More weapons of the Samurai Police. The spiky one is designed to tangle in a suspect's clothes so he could be brought in alive. The police would restrain his neck with the forked sticks so he couldn't get close and attack them Samurai Antique World
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Posted: 14-Feb-2012 at 19:36 |
Some other samurai police weapons. The one on the left is used like a shepherd's crook to safely move a prisoner
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Posted: 16-Feb-2012 at 00:24 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
More weapons of the Samurai Police. The spiky one is designed to tangle in a suspect's clothes so he could be brought in alive. The police would restrain his neck with the forked sticks so he couldn't get close and attack them Samurai Antique World
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That's a good collection. Here are a couple of more variations as well:
As to the sai, I would have to research it, but ToK has never let me down before. ;)
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Posted: 17-Feb-2012 at 19:30 |
What sort of ranged weapons would the samurai police have used? That looks like some sort of bow on top of the cabinet
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Posted: 14-Mar-2013 at 02:02 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
Here's a reconstruction of Samurai police uniforms. They chose deliberately bright colors so they would be recognised in battle and strike terror into the hearts of their enemies
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Actually that is only really true of the Shinsengumi (who are the ones pictured above); they were a sort of ''counter-terrorist'' squad that was created to fight imperialist rebels against the Tokugawa bakufu. They really only appeared late in the Edo Era, just before the Meiji Restoration. Most police officers (doshin) and patrolmen (okappiki) wore more subdued colours:
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