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Originally Posted by Sancar
Tokugawa shogunate samurai katanas are used mostly to cut down armless poor peasents for even tiniest hints of perceived insolance."
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Yes, Samurai had the right to do this. But in reality it was an exceptional case if this happened. First, Samurai were also just human beings and secondly, a katana is much too valuable to risk its sharpness in the body of a peasant.
In the Edo-Period Samurai katana were used mostly for duels and wakizashi for seppuku.
It is similar to a european knight, a proud knight only fight against another knight.
Roland