On a related note for thematics, the Shogun was a warlord who was in power
because of military-into-political might, not really because of honor or
anything. The "formal" ruler was the Emperor but he kinda didn't do
anything. The Shogun was the real person in control.
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> Thanks! If you were picking one, which would you pick? (And what's the
> singular
> version of that, does it match "is a Samurai" as both singular and plural)
>
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Josh T wrote:
> > The Japanese term for a (western) serf is *noudo*, literally meaning
> farm servant. If you want something from the historical Japanese caste
> system, since they took after Confucian ideas, peasant was was actually
> > the highest commoner class (above craftsmen and merchants); the outcasts
> of the Japanese feudal system were the *eta* (historical name, somewhat
> derogatory today, means "full of defilement"), *hinin*
> > ("non-humans"), or the modern politically correct term in English,
> *burakumin* ("hamlet people", referring to how they were exiled from towns
> and cities to have their own hamlets). Hopefully that helped.
> > 天火狐
> >
> > On 13 September 2017 at 15:38, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> > > - Any player with a karma of -5 or less is a (Japanese
> term for serf?).
> >
> > Just as an addendum, if 天火狐 or anyone with better knowledge of
> Japanese
> > feudal/cultural terms than me wants to suggest flavor improvements
> (in English
> > alphabet please), I'd gratefully add them. Maybe we should call
> the whole
> > thing a tea ceremony...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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