![]() ![]() In real life, the term haiku is newer than pop culture seems to believe, actually hailing from the 19th century. The game, set in 1274, has a nice haiku-writing mechanic.The Japanese dub calls the blades tachi, a much appropriate term for the period, although the swords depicted in the game are still distinctly katanas. The term katana is certainly ancient, but its usage for a specifical kind of word, as said above, actually came after Muromachi period.The standard sword-wearing practice of Jin's day would have been to wear a single tachi (with a much longer blade-to-grip ratio, much different fittings, and different style of curvature) suspended from the obi, edge down. In fact, it was the Mongol invasion itself that revealed the flaws in Japanese swords that would eventually lead to the katana's development, and those would not see regular use until the Muromachi Period in the 14th century, or become widespread until the Sengoku Period. This practice only came into vogue during the Tokugawa Shogunate, a little under four centuries later. ![]()
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