Does anyone know the point of purposefully (?) inflicting sword
scars on posts/furniture etc. I understand if the interior of a
building gets damaged due to a fight but it seems that these sword
scars are everywhere, in temples etc too. Were these ever done on
purpose? I posted a link to a site which contains short videos to
tours of Shinsengumi related sites and in one segment the guide was
pointing out a damaged door/window (removed from the main structure)
but he seemed kind of enthusiastic not at all serious so it made me
wonder if guys just slashed at stuff for fun(?). The book from which
I scanned the full body chainmail also contains MORE sword scars
than those seen on websites...did our guys get a little too rowdy at
times?
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