In pre-Meiji restoration Japan, why did a Samurai shave his head before battle?
Answer: To indicate he was ready to die.
Source: The Emergence of Modern Japan by Janet E Hunter; General Historical Texts
In pre-Meiji restoration Japan, why did a Samurai shave his head before battle?
Answer: To indicate he was ready to die.
Source: The Emergence of Modern Japan by Janet E Hunter; General Historical Texts
1793 – Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, journalist and representative of Revolutionary France, is lynched by a mob in Rome
1833 – President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina’s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
1849 – The Colony of Vancouver Island is established.
1893 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
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