I read somewhere online that women were required to take the husband's myo starting in the 1870s.
There probably would've been an exception for men who adopted their wives' family names to ensure the continuation of the line, which is among the reasons I'm surprised at the way Kenji is presented later. You'd think that Kaoru would've been stubborn enough to make *someone* carry on her family name-- if not Kenshin and Kenji, then at least whoever succeeded to the dojo after her (Yahiko? Yuutarou?). But then there are so many things wrong about Seisouhen that it's pointless to start a list.
Canned food was being used in the American Civil War, though not always with the best results. Dunno whether people tried it with cheese. I suppose they could've also given it the pork-belly treatment and buried it in salt.
wrt the monks, iirc there's some sort of marathon traditional pilgrimage across the countryside that takes several weeks to complete on foot (these days, most people take the bus) and is indicated in some way by the specific hats that they're wearing. Danged if I can remember where I jotted down that particular note, though.
So far, I haven't been able to figure out any positive leads about how Kenshin and Tomoe would've gotten married, just negative "well, they wouldn't done this particular thing" bits and pieces. This may be why they skipped the whole issue in the OVA, though there were plenty of other things they changed as well.
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Re: KenshinxTomoe
on 2007-09-24 10:02 pm (UTC)There probably would've been an exception for men who adopted their wives' family names to ensure the continuation of the line, which is among the reasons I'm surprised at the way Kenji is presented later. You'd think that Kaoru would've been stubborn enough to make *someone* carry on her family name-- if not Kenshin and Kenji, then at least whoever succeeded to the dojo after her (Yahiko? Yuutarou?). But then there are so many things wrong about Seisouhen that it's pointless to start a list.
Canned food was being used in the American Civil War, though not always with the best results. Dunno whether people tried it with cheese. I suppose they could've also given it the pork-belly treatment and buried it in salt.
wrt the monks, iirc there's some sort of marathon traditional pilgrimage across the countryside that takes several weeks to complete on foot (these days, most people take the bus) and is indicated in some way by the specific hats that they're wearing. Danged if I can remember where I jotted down that particular note, though.
So far, I haven't been able to figure out any positive leads about how Kenshin and Tomoe would've gotten married, just negative "well, they wouldn't done this particular thing" bits and pieces. This may be why they skipped the whole issue in the OVA, though there were plenty of other things they changed as well.