Shinsengumi Ambush

[BIG]

on a kyoto bridge..

 

https://www.samuraijuku.com/blog/2018/6/4/real-samurai-sword-cut-on-sanjo-bridge-in-kyoto

 

Best

[Greg F]

Thanks for the great afticle Pete. A good friend of mine went Japan and sent me a photo of the cut on the bridge and said it was from Samurai battle but its good learn about it. I look forward to telling him. Cheers

 

Greg

[Brian]

Wonder if I walked over that bridge? Great article as always Peter

[Dave R]

 I would hardly call the Shinsengumi "special police", more like paramilitaries  or even a political gang. Their leader Kondo Isami was eventually executed for murder.

[Jon MB]

Strange there are two impact points next to each other.

[Bazza]

Strange there are two impact points next to each other.

I wondered too - rebound????

 

Is there a swordsman in the House???

 

BaZZa.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Now that's history being pulled sharply into focus! There's other history left on a bridge in Hiroshima that I will never forget, the shadow imprint of the railings burned in the path from the Atom bomb are still there.

 

As for the double strike, could be two quick Kesagiri.

[Blazeaglory]

I'm thinking that's where the sign was hung or pasted and the angry reaction of trying to chop it (the sign) down

 

Only other possible scenario would be an attack against someone who was really close to that post and the attacker missed and the result is the "double" hit (initial impact then a second 'skip' but all in same strike) but the second smaller slash seems fairly deep for just a skip

 

Either way very interesting! I've been reading about what followed for some time this morning!

[Dave R]

 A little relic of their original leader..... A little preparation, a little "edge" never comes amiss!