Japanese history regarding Ruroni Kenshin?!
Question: Japanese history regarding Ruroni Kenshin!?
OK, I have the real english published version of the second volume, and I was wondering why Sano says (on the top three pannels) That "EVEN a farmers kid like him can have a last name!."
I want to know why a farmers kid couldn't have a last name before!.!.!.
heres the manga page, but it isn't the actual sub, just a fan-translation, so I don't know if its any help =!.=
http://www!.onemanga!.com/Rurouni_Kenshin/!.!.!.
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I want to know why a farmers kid couldn't have a last name before!.!.!.
heres the manga page, but it isn't the actual sub, just a fan-translation, so I don't know if its any help =!.=
http://www!.onemanga!.com/Rurouni_Kenshin/!.!.!.
~The Otaku Twins~Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
It wasn't until the Meiji Restoration, that commoners other than samurai and royalties can have their own last name!.
Quoted from Wikipedia:
"Until the Meiji restoration, Japanese common people (people other than kuge and samurai) had no surnames, and when necessary, used a substitute such as the name of their birthplace!. For example, Ichirō born in Asahi mura (Asahi village) in the province of Musashi would say "Ichirō from Asahi-mura of Musashi"!. Merchants were named after their brands (for example, Denbei, the owner of Sagamiya, would be Sagamiya Denbei), and farmers were named after their fathers (for example, Isuke, whose father was Genbei, would be "Isuke, son of Genbei")!. After the Meiji restoration, the government ordered all commoners to assume surnames in addition to their given names: many people adopted historical names, while others simply made names up or had a local sage make up a surname!. This explains, in part, the large number of surnames in Japan, as well as their great diversity of spellings and pronunciations!."
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Quoted from Wikipedia:
"Until the Meiji restoration, Japanese common people (people other than kuge and samurai) had no surnames, and when necessary, used a substitute such as the name of their birthplace!. For example, Ichirō born in Asahi mura (Asahi village) in the province of Musashi would say "Ichirō from Asahi-mura of Musashi"!. Merchants were named after their brands (for example, Denbei, the owner of Sagamiya, would be Sagamiya Denbei), and farmers were named after their fathers (for example, Isuke, whose father was Genbei, would be "Isuke, son of Genbei")!. After the Meiji restoration, the government ordered all commoners to assume surnames in addition to their given names: many people adopted historical names, while others simply made names up or had a local sage make up a surname!. This explains, in part, the large number of surnames in Japan, as well as their great diversity of spellings and pronunciations!."
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Farmer boys were probably so poor that they couldn't earn a last name!. To the Japanese government and Royal people, they were low people!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
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