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English: Samurai in the Edo period walking through town. The second and fourth from the left are samurai. Samurai could kill a commoner for the slightest insult and were widely feared by the Japanese population. An illustration in Santo Kyoden's book of manners and customs "Shiji-no-yukikai" (published in 1798).
日本語: 町を行く江戸時代の武士たち。左から2人目と4人目が武士。山東京伝の風俗書『四時交加(しじのゆきかい)』(1798年刊)内の挿絵。
Date
Source "Shiji-no-yukikai" (Four o'clock, "四時交加"), Benricho - https://www.benricho.org/Unchiku/edo-syokunin/Shijinoyukikai/
Author
English: Artwork by Kitao Shigemasa, inscribed by Santo Kyoden.
日本語: 北尾重政(きたおしげまさ)、山東京伝(さんとうきょうでん)

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