The Forbidden Sword
During the momentous date on July, 8, 1853, a small company of the US warships headed by Commodore Matthew Perry docked into Tokyo Harbor and presented the Japanese one good early-morning call. Equipped with the most advanced firepower the likes of which had never been spotted since the time when the Tokugawa Shoganate drove them out from their country to eradicate all things alien from Japan. The nation was obliged to modernize and as an effect the Haitorei Eddict of 1876 was created, prohibiting the masses to take up swords and any other weapons save the military staffs and the police. Subsequently, it ended the era of age-old tradition of Samurais. But for the latter, they consider the sword as a part of their soul. To relinquish it would mean like giving their souls in return. A lot these warriors did so on their own accord since they would always follow the mandate of their emperor, but there are also those who sacrificed their lives than be separated from something that had been passed on them for many generations. And even those that have relinquished their swords fully grasp how vulnerable they are to their past enemies who now seek revenge, especially from farmers who now see their situations raised from the time of the old samurai order. With this, a unique samurai weapons were created that made it possible for ex-samurai to own a sword but hidden in a certain manner. One good example of these weapons is the Bamboo Stick Sword. Hidden in plain walking stick, this sword is as dangerous as the katana in the possession of a well-trained samurai warrior and if apprehended with it he could actually play innocent and argue that he supposed it was a sword, taking advantage of the testimony-based legal scheme that was on the process of becoming an evidence-based legal system during that time. So, owning a set of this amazing arsenal into one’s collection will definitely impress any guest who sees it.
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