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Mannerless ruffian?

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In the Story Notes at the end of Usagi Yojimbo Fox Hunt (volume 25) Stan Sakai - who's known for his extensive research into the Japanese history, folklore, and culture that he depicts - tells a somewhat different version of the Bokuden 'no swords' fight. Sakai's note is: "Touching a samurai's sword scabbard, even accidentally, was an offense in feudal Japan."... "He [Bokuden] was on a ferry, crossing Lake Biwa, when a shift of the boat caused a peasant to touch a samurai's scabbard. The samurai was going to kill the terrified peasant when Bokuden intervened."... "The samurai issued a challenge to a duel to settle the matter." In the context of the period the anecdote makes a lot more sense for the challenge to be issued by an offended samurai rather than a mannerless ruffian.Penelope Gordon (talk) 00:15, 27 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]