History

Ronin

The masterless. The drifting. The free. A samurai without a lord was no longer a samurai. He was ronin (浪人). The word means "wave man." A person tossed by the sea with nowhere to land. Some lost their masters to death. Some to politics. Some were dismissed. A few walked away. Whatever the reason, the result was the same. No lord. No stipend. No rice. …