Beware of samurai ?

[Riven]

I found this image while looking for samourai images on google.
I know all kanjis but unfortunatly I can't translate.
They are :
shi/fuku/samurai /junrai/chu

Does it mean there are people dressed as samurai in patrol around ? (sorry it's more interpretation than translation )
What can be the purpose of this panel?



It's from this site

 

[Grandpa Frank]

??maybe.....

over-sized chop sticks not allowed?

Frank

 

[Glenn]

I'm pretty sure that this is a joke. It says "plain clothes samurai on patrol," as opposed to plain clothes (or undercover) police officers.

 

[Mandylion]

Yes, it is a joke, and a funny one too They would have a darn hard time hiding the swords..

Beware photoshop - this a beast of many hidden faces

 

[dadako]

I've seen police in shibuya carry bokken (or is it bokutou?), long wooden swords.

its pretty scary.

 

[Glenn]

I've seen police in shibuya carry bokken (or is it bokutou?), long wooden swords.

its pretty scary.

They seem to be one and the same: the definition for 木刀 (bokutﾃｴ) is the same as that for 木剣 (bokken).

 

[Riven]

I see
I think that people just have to say they have that big chopsticks to cook. Maybe some will believe them ^_^

 

[Ewok85]

It would be a joke sign like you can get anywhere.

 

[Zero-sen]

The proper reading is Bokuto. It's a training weapon and HURTS LIKE HELL when you get hit with them!! I've seen these signs in Fukuoka too but they had the warning, "thieves will be badly beaten"

 

[Glenn]

The proper reading for what? Both bokutﾃｴ and bokken are correct readings for that word, depending on which word you are talking about.

 

[Lina Inverse]

The proper reading for what? Both bokutﾃｴ and bokken are correct readings for that word, depending on which word you are talking about.

Indeed. Both contain the kanji for "wood", whereas "tﾃｴ" means "katana" (read "katana" when by itself) and "ken" is a more general word for "sword", also generally used for compounds like "kendﾃｴ" (way of the sword), kengeki (samurai drama) etc.

 

[Knives]

would it be illeagal for a forginer to carry a wooden sword with them even if they registered as a citizen. Do you need some sort of permit???

 

[Lina Inverse]

would it be illeagal for a forginer to carry a wooden sword with them even if they registered as a citizen. Do you need some sort of permit???

I think that's not permitted, not even to normal Japanese - I've never seen anyone running around with a sword, wooden or not. After all, we're not in the Meiji era anymore (and even there, you'd better not run around openly displaying a sword).

 

[Buddha Smoker]

That is an awesome picture but I couldn't stop laughing. It has to be a joke but you never know. I wouldn't mind to have one myself....I think I'll keep my eye out.

 

[Exidez]

I think that's not permitted, not even to normal Japanese - I've never seen anyone running around with a sword, wooden or not. After all, we're not in the Meiji era anymore (and even there, you'd better not run around openly displaying a sword).

i have walked around with plastic samura swords from the 100yen shop!!
people wernt really scared, they just pointed and laughed.
it would be pretty funny seeing a foreigner walking around with plastic swords pretending to be a samurai...
i had my samurai cloths in my bag.... too bad i wasnt wearing it...
However the people were scared when i got all dressed up in the hotel!

 

[Knives]

i was thinking like you could get a permit to carry a weapon on you... i know in america you can get a permit for that (of course japan is way different from america) i guess i would have to go find out in japan eh

 

[Mandylion]

No, you cannot get a permit to carry weapons if you are just an average Joe out on the street. This includes concealed knives (beyond pocket and Swiss Army - which even then I wouldn't take out in public). On occassion, you will see people on trains walking with long, slightly curved bags. However, there is a tricky bit of legal magic at work here, and what they are carrying are most likely unsharpened sword-like-objects. Those that do have sharpened swords have permits and their weapons are registered and tightly controlled. These people you see with the bags have a valid reason to have them (martial arts practice) and are not flaunting them about. Even then most people try to go to great lengths to remain unnoticed.

Even if you carry around a unsharpened sword-like-object in the open, expect a quick visit from your local security folks. Japan is not the land of samurai and ninja anymore.

 

[evasuka]

The proper reading is Bokuto. It's a training weapon and HURTS LIKE HELL when you get hit with them!! I've seen these signs in Fukuoka too but they had the warning, "thieves will be badly beaten"

I completely agree with you. This comes form personal experice.
My completely over agreesive brother pounded the (CENSORED) **** out
of me with one. After half an hour he stopped because it broke, then it
was the kendo stick after wards. Hurt like (CENSORED) HELL
It took like about a month for me to recover from that beating. Atleast he
didn't hit me in my sleep again like the time with the chair.

Please note that i had no form of defense except for my own two hands.

Back to the theme of this thread, I don't really get that picture very well.

 

[Ewok85]

You CAN carry a bokken/shinai/iaitou (those unsharpened swords) about if you have them in a bag and its for some kind of martial arts practice.
Iaitou

Bokken

Shinai


Borrowed from www.e-bogu.com a great site but kinda dangerous, i could easily blow all my money on getting a nice shinai and bokken along with a new dougi and hakama

 

[Knives]

thanks for the info ppl lol it was worth a shot eh