Why Did Samurai Carry Two Swords? #shorts #history #samurai

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let me correct a bit may i?
high ranked samurais with ornate armors didn't use their katana as primary weapon, they used bows and arrows, and when it comes times for close combat they used nodachi (bigger and longer katana), the personal katana is always for last resort, when a samurai draw his personal katana it means he will fight to his death.

note: they usually ride a horse which carry all of their arrows and a bigass nodachi.

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The source of the theory that katana was not used much is Masaya Suzuki's book Katana to kubitori, published in 2000. Masaya Suzuki is a civil servant and does not have a degree in history.
His book is full of his speculations, has few primary sources, and is not a scholarly work. His theories have been denied by educated historians.
Japan had a custom of keeping records of soldiers' wounds and causes of death on the battlefield. Thomas D. Conlan created statistical data from many records.
His statistics conclude that katanas and spears killed more and bows and arrows hurt more. The period when spears were popular on the battlefields of Japan was from the late Sengoku period (around 1540) to the peace after Genna era (1615).
Mongolian scholar Wang Yun (1228-1304)"Japanese soldiers are equipped with bows, katana, and armor.There was no spear. The cavalry are united.katana is long and extremely sharp. All the soldiers are brave and do not seem to be afraid of death. "
秋澗先生大全文集 (四部叢刊本)/ 卷第四十　而過但弓以木為之矢雖長不能逺人則勇敢視死不畏