Your Lord Just Died. What Happens to You Now?

One morning in 1701 your lord dies in disgrace, and by evening you have no stipend, no house and no master. Only your two swords are left. This is what really happened to masterless samurai, the ronin, in peaceful Edo Japan: why finding a new lord was almost impossible, how ronin paid the rent by teaching, guarding, painting signs and gluing umbrellas, why the city of Edo was afraid of them, and the true story of the forty seven who chose revenge, knowing it would cost them their lives. And at the very end, the one man who walked away. 0:00 The Morning Everything Ended 1:30 Three Doors 2:53 The Myth of the New Master 4:29 Selling Your Own Castle 6:34 How a Ronin Paid the Rent 8:30 The City That Feared You 9:52 Waiting for Permission 11:53 The Drunk of Kyoto 13:12 The Secret Nobody Tells You 14:44 The Night of the Raid 16:47 The Temple and the Verdict 18:54 The Forty Seventh Man 19:39 What It Really Meant If you like seeing how ordinary samurai really lived, subscribe for more stories from old Japan. #samurai #ronin #japanesehistory