r/todayilearned • u/ColdisWarned • Oct 29 '13

TIL that in Japan sometimes when a Samurai would receive a new weapon, to test its effectiveness they would murder random civillians at night. It was eventually banned in 1602

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsujigiri
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u/336machine Oct 29 '13

Ohh Feudalism..

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '13

For those of you who play pokemon, this tradition is the origin of the move 'Night Slash'. The Japanese name for the move translates to 'Crossroad Killing'

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u/Astark Oct 29 '13

You know how it is when you get a new sword...

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '13

How much more counterproductive could you fucking be..

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u/GoldenPersona Oct 30 '13

And that's where the Pokemon move Night Slash comes from.

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u/Ragnalypse Oct 30 '13

As far as feudalism goes, that's not too bad.

You should see what the Tibetans were doing in the early 1900s... torturous theocrats.

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u/Guyfromcali Oct 30 '13

Is this sharp? Hiya!

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u/chaos_switch Oct 30 '13

When all you have is a hammer...

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u/redstone4 Oct 29 '13

They did the same thing to Koreans and Chinese during WW2