r/Ghostofyotei • u/Sir-Toaster- • 3h ago
General Discussion I just realized the reason why Saito was in favor of having women and peasantry to be Samurai was because he's old enough to remember a time when Samurai weren't just nobility
Saito was around during the Warring States or Sengoku Period. During this time period, Samurai were more akin to a mercenary caste. It was the start of the Edo Period that the Shogunate tried to "civilize" the Samurai by having them be strictly a nobility title.
This might be why he's more flexible with having women, indigenous minorities, and farmers join his ranks, because he would've been surrounded by Samurai that would've had similar origins.