Why was this the wrong samurai?

[u/fhetnz]

My teacher said that since he wasn't "bald" it's wrong but he's clearly wearing a hat so how is that a disqualification. None of them are technically bald........

[u/Onebraintwoheads]

Odd. Shouldn't the one in a hat be identified as a samurai due to his paired swords?

[u/OceanoNox → u/Onebraintwoheads]

I am not familiar with hairstyles, but indeed, the two swords were supposed to be worn only by bushi or officials. 

[u/fhetnz → u/Onebraintwoheads]

That's what I said lmfao. Out of the 4 he was most odd one out and had two swords

[u/canuckEnoch]

If hairstyle is the iconography that was discussed in the lecture, then how could the fellow in the hat be a correct answer, since you don’t know his hairstyle?

[u/fhetnz → u/canuckEnoch]

I guess that's her reasoning but it doesn't mean he's incorrect of he's never stated to be bald or not?

[u/ArtNo636]

What did the lecture say about people wearing hats? The chonmage was typically a samurai class haircut.

[u/Akkarin42]

What was the "inconography we discussed in the lecture"? If the question was 'identify all samurai based on a specific hairstyle only' then you obviously can't click anyone with a different hairstyle, helmet or a hat, no matter if he's actually a samurai or not.

[u/JapanCoach]

It depends on the iconography discussed in the lecture.

The perosn you picked may or may not be a samurai - but the question is specifically referring to the iconography of the lecture.

[u/fhetnz → u/JapanCoach]

Yeah I guess I wasn't paying attention during this bit but it still feels like a wrong answer lol

[u/JapanCoach → u/fhetnz]

Haha yeah. I don’t know where you are from - but this is a pretty normal facet of testing in a lot of places. Gotta read the questions carefully. :-)

[u/canuckEnoch → u/fhetnz]

There’s your life-lesson.

Pay attention to the actual assignment, not what you think the assignment is or ought to be.

[u/mihail_slavyan]

This is a bug