Quote:Black Aeronaut wrote:Actually, they can label him as a foreign invader and call on the gods help in expelling him. What would be funny if the gods answered and welcomed Garrick as kin. At which point, his only social equals would be the imperial family. And can you just see the chaos that would ensue!Quote:ordnance11 wrote:Indeed, but the point of the article is that it never really had a name until the 1920s, and even then there were aspects of it that were all wrong. For example, while there were laws about castes, there was no code of chivalry of any sort. Like you said, it was only practiced by those who could afford to, and even then only if they felt like it.
Senggoku Jidai was a turbulent period when the low overthrew the high. Bushido only became institutionalized by the tokugawa as a way of keeping society stable... I.e static.
Look at toyotomi hideyoshi. The man was born a peasant and became the 2nd unifier of Japan. And one of his first acts is to make sure no other peasant does the same by codifying the segregation of social classes.
And chivalry was only practiced by those who can afford it during the Hundred years war and I don't recall it practiced during the Crusades.
One of the things that this will change for my writing will be where Garrick Grimm arrives in a feudal era analogue of Japan... and to his surprise, his guns are taken rather well. Many will praise the weapons for their efficiency at killing and long-distance striking capability... and surprisingly few will find any qualms about killing from such a long distance and with utter impunity. The only ones that would really call foul on the guns would be the people that Garrick would use them against.
Another thing that would change is that his enemies would be very quick to label him as an outside-context problem and deal with him as such. And the reason for this would be very, very simple: there is no place for him in their caste system. He is neither peasant, nor samurai. He has no claim on divinity (that they would recognize readily, anyhow) so he is not of the Imperials. And he does not steal, so they cannot really label him as a criminal. Anything he takes is by right of conquest, and at most they can label him an outlaw.
The corrupted way in which Bushido was represented in the 20's by the Japanese government was funny and sad because the premise held was incorrect to be gin with.
If you look at the 47 ronin, can you say it to be an exemplar of Bushido conduct?
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