Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, it *was* fiction; but, when I said everyone carried weapons, it > included women. IIRC, they were some of the fiercest fighters. > Women used to carry daggers for protection. Not always, the way samurai were always supposed to carry swords. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiken_(dagger) The Japanese version of this article says that women of the samurai class always carried one of these when outside the house, but I doubt that. - Jed
