| Zatoichi is a fictional character
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| | worn by government officials in Japan in
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| featured in one of Japan's longest
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| | the Meiji period.
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| running series of films and a television
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| series set in the Edo period. The great
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| | The name Shikomizue is actually the name
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| popularity of the character has been
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| | of a type of mounting, the sword blade
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| likened to that of James Bond in Western
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| | was placed in a cane-like mounting
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| countries. Yet, Zatoichi has become
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| | (tsue), to conceal the fact that it was a
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| commonly associated with one actor:
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| | sword. This cheat was used almost
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| Shintaro Katsu. The only other actor to
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| | exclusively during the Meiji period, when
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| portray Zatoichi in the movies is Takeshi
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| | carrying of swords wasn't allowed. The
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| Kitano, after a pause of almost 15 years.
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| | blades used in these mountings were
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| | usually of poor quality.
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| Zatoichi seems to be just a harmless
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| blind masseur who rambles around Japan
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| | This type of trick was most often used
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| getting a living by gaming. But he is
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| | at the time when samurais who disagree
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| also extremely skilful in swordsmanship
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| | with the prohibition on carrying their
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| (iaijutsu), his blade concealed inside
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| | swords in an open manner but knew that
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| his cane. Cane swords, or shikomizue,
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| | obvious violation of the law usually led
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| were straight, lower-quality weapons,
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| | to incarceration and miserable death.
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| which stood no comparison with usual
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| katanas, but as revealed in Zatoichi's
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| | It is the sword used by the fictional
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| Cane Sword, his weapon was created very
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| | character Zatoichi, a blind masseur. It
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| meticulously by a master swordsmith. A
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| | has also appeared a few times in the
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| recurring theme of both the movies and
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| | anime and manga series Rurouni Kenshin.
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| television series show Zatoichi
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| | In another anime series, Bleach, Kisuke
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| protecting the villagers from cruel
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| | Urahara's zanpakutou is a shikomizue,
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| warring clans fighting for overlordship
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| | when not in shikai form.
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| and general injustice.
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| | James Peterson is a true swords lover.
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| | To read more articles about swords and
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| The Shikomizue (Japanese prepared cane)
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| | swords history visit the Swords blog -
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| is a Japanese hidden sword looking like a
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| | Sharpblades.net.
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| cane or walking stick. It was sometimes
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