#2349 [2003-10-20 22:26:53]
Re: [samuraihistory] Digest Number 621
by
lost90804
I'm think more about the circumstances where clans were abolished and
members were invited to take the tonsure or commit seppuku. Of course
this might not be considered retirement ;) Certainly not what the first
poster was thinking of. Normally this was a favored way to take power
behind the scenes by a fair number of people.
Jim Eckman