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ro·nin
(rō′nĭn)n.pl.ronin or ro·nins A samurai who is not in the service of a feudal lord.
[Japanese rōnin, from Early Middle Chinese laŋ` ŋin, vagabond (also the source of Mandarin l`ngrén) : laŋ`, a wave, reckless, dissolute + ŋin, person.]
ronin
(ˈrəʊnɪn) n1. (Historical Terms) a lordless samurai, esp one whose feudal lord had been deprived of his territory
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a lordless samurai, esp one whose feudal lord had been deprived of his territory
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) such samurai collectively
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This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and.Find sources: – ( September 2017) According to the (the 'Code of the Warrior'), a samurai was supposed to commit (also harakiri, 'belly cutting', a form of ritual suicide) upon the loss of his master.
One who chose not to honor the code was 'on his own' and was meant to suffer great shame. The undesirability of rōnin status was mainly a discrimination imposed by other samurai and by, the feudal lords.Like other samurai, rōnin wore. Rōnin used a variety of other weapons as well. Some rōnin—usually those who lacked money—would carry a (staff around 1.5 to 1.8 m (5 to 6 ft)) or (smaller staff or walking stick around 0.9 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 ft)) or a (bow). Most weapons would reflect the (martial arts school) from which they came if they were students.During the, with the 's rigid and laws, the number of rōnin greatly increased.
Confiscation of fiefs during the rule of the third Tokugawa shōgun resulted in an especially large increase of rōnin. During previous ages, samurai were able to move between masters and even between occupations. They could also marry between classes. However, during the Edo period, samurai were restricted, and were—above all—forbidden to become employed by another master without their previous master's permission.Because the former samurai could not legally take up a new trade, or because of pride were loath to do so, many rōnin looked for other ways to make a living with their swords. Those rōnin who desired steady, legal employment became that guarded trade caravans, or bodyguards for wealthy merchants. Many other rōnin became criminals, operating as bandits and highwaymen, or joining organized crime in towns and cities.
Rōnin were known to operate or serve as hired muscle for gangs that ran gambling rings, brothels, protection rackets, and similar activities. Many were petty thieves and muggers. The criminal segment gave the rōnin of the Edo period a persistent reputation of disgrace, with an image of being thugs, bullies, cutthroats, and wandering vagrants.History. Graves of the at Sengaku-jiIn the and, when warriors held lands that they occupied, a rōnin was a warrior who had lost his lands. During these periods, as small-scale wars frequently occurred throughout Japan, the needed to augment their armies, so rōnin had opportunities to serve new masters. Also, some rōnin joined in bands, engaging in robbery and uprisings.Especially in the, daimyō needed additional fighting men, and even if a master had perished, his rōnin were able to serve new lords. In contrast to the later, the bond between the lord and the samurai was loose, and some samurai who were dissatisfied with their treatment left their masters and sought new lords.
Many warriors served a succession of masters, and some even became daimyō. As an example, served ten lords. Additionally, the division of the population into classes had not yet taken place, so it was possible to change one's occupation from warrior to merchant or farmer, or the reverse. Was one merchant who rose through the warrior ranks to become a daimyō.As unified progressively larger parts of the country, daimyō found it unnecessary to recruit new soldiers. Next, the (1600) resulted in the confiscation or reduction of the fiefs of large numbers of daimyō on the losing side; consequently, many samurai became rōnin. As many as a hundred thousand rōnin joined forces with and fought at the. In the ensuing years of peace, there was less need to maintain expensive standing armies, and many surviving rōnin turned to farming or became townspeople.
A few, such as, sought adventure overseas as mercenaries. Still, the majority lived in poverty as rōnin. Under the third Tokugawa shōgun, their number approached half a million.Initially, the viewed them as dangerous, and banished them from the cities or restricted the quarters where they could live. They also prohibited serving new masters. As rōnin found themselves with fewer and fewer options, they joined in the (1651). This forced the shogunate to rethink its policy. It relaxed restrictions on daimyō inheritance, resulting in fewer confiscations of fiefs, and it permitted rōnin to join new masters.Not having the status or power of employed samurai, rōnin were often disreputable and festive, and the group was a target of.
It was undesirable to be a rōnin, as it meant being without a stipend or land. As an indication of the humiliation felt by samurai who became rōnin, recorded that a rōnin killed himself at the graves of the. He left a note saying that he had tried to enter the service of the daimyō of, but was refused. Wanting to serve no other master, and hating being a rōnin, he killed himself.On the other hand, the famous 18th-century writer renounced his allegiance to, in whose service Bakin's samurai father had spent his life. Bakin voluntarily became a rōnin, and eventually spent his time writing books (many of them about samurai) and engaging in festivities.Notable rōnin.Portrayals in media.
Actors portraying ronin on left and right, employed in the middleThousands of modern works of Japanese fiction set in the Edo period cast characters who are rōnin. Film. Rōnin are often depicted in the of, in particular, and. The 1954 film ‘’’’ follows the story of a village of farmers that hire seven rōnin to combat bandits who will return after the harvest to steal their crops. The 1961 film ‘’’’ tells the story of a rōnin who arrives in a small town where competing crime lords vie for supremacy. The two bosses each try to hire the newcomer as a bodyguard.
The 1962 film ‘’’’ is a sequel to Kurosawa's 1961 Yojimbo. The 1962 film is set in Edo period Japan (early 17th century) and concerns two Ronin who present themselves at the palace of the and request permission to commit ritual suicide. The 1998 film portrays former and intelligence operatives who find themselves unemployed at the end of the. Devoid of purpose, they become high-paid mercenaries.