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is the ghost of a warrior that during the conflict flees the battlefield, "ochi" literally means "rebel remnants of a defeated faction” and " musha” means warrior, meaning defeated warrior that fled the enemy. The ochimusha is considered a low-class, no longer at the level of a samurai, since he fled battle instead to commit seppuku. In some instances, is said that to escape safely those warriors get to hide themselves in villages at mountainous areas. According to the folklore to became an Ochimusha the warrior should be killed by farmers looking for his belongings and to take the reward usually offered for the decapitated head of enemies during the Sengoku period.〔,戦国期の畿内周辺では、「落武者襲撃慣行」が出されており、土民百姓の落武者狩りは公認されていた. 岩波ジュニア新書, ISBN 4005003354 p.153 〕 Instead of only occurring during battle times, samurais and aristocrats whose support is no longer needed can also became an Ochimusha, if attacked by the townspeople of the region under their protection. There are tales of samurai mansions being plundered. Is also subject to ochimusha a crimminal that goes into exile.〔,, forth chapter "喧嘩両成敗の誕生"講談社選書メチエ〕 In some areas of Nagano and Gifu Prefecture Ochimusha are referred to as daikō(だいこう). They were was also used to be called ochipuwaa(おちぷはあ) in some parts of Kansai, but this term is no longer in use due to derogatory connotations. ==Appearance== The iconography usually represents the Ochimusha with the crown of his head shaved and the rest of the hair long and loose, a dissolved chonmage. The dissolved chonmage would then mean losing the social status of the samurai. Arrows stuck in the body is also a common motif. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ochimusha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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