A samurai’s power is in his little finger, not his samurai sword
In the 12th century the shogunate was formed. The head of this regime was the Shogun, the supreme ruler. Below him were his regional ‘daimyo’ or ‘dukes’. Under each ‘daimyo’ served the Japanese samurai. When a samurai stepped out of line, became too rebellious, or displeased his daimyo, the samurai often had to go through a procedure known as yubizume. […]
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