22nd February 2005, 9:39 PM
Just because the Edo Period was relatively peacful doesn't mean that the Samurai were bad swordsmen. Whether in battle or not they would train just as hard as ever before. A war could break out at anytime. That's like suggesting that our military is incompetent when there isn't a war going on.
Now the actual lords and nobles are a different story in the Edo period, Samurai in name only in many cases. And it was during the later Edo period that the Samurai lost their masters and became Ronin.
Now the actual lords and nobles are a different story in the Edo period, Samurai in name only in many cases. And it was during the later Edo period that the Samurai lost their masters and became Ronin.