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Old 04-02-2013, 08:13 AM   #85
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Re: how do we define martial?

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Ellis Amdur wrote: View Post
The point of my note here is that the peasants, taunting the samurai from the castle walls, called them abacus counters. (yes, bean counters).
I really loved how in the movie "Twilight Samurai" the lead character's job was to keep count of the beans.
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