Bandits - Sanzoku

Japanese: 山賊 - さんぞく

Bandits who lived in groups in mountainous areas and attacked people and goods traveling in farming villages and on roads in the plains. There are many examples in Europe, America, and China. In Japan, there have been few areas outside of political control since ancient times, so bandit groups with fixed bases did not exist, and simple highwaymen were called yamazoku. Nobushi, who are portrayed as yamazoku in movies and novels, were groups of local samurai (local samurai) who aimed to become feudal lords or were mobilized by warlords to use force, and were not necessarily professional thieves.

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Japanese:

山間に本拠地を構えて集団生活をし，平野部の農村や街道を往来する人間や物資を襲う盗賊。ヨーロッパ，アメリカ，中国には事例が多い。日本では古くから政治支配の及ばない地域が少いので，固定的に本拠地を構える盗賊集団は成立せず，単なる追いはぎのことを山賊といった。映画や小説で山賊のように扱われる野武士は，領主化を目指したり，戦国大名に動員されて武力行使した地侍 (じざむらい) の集団で，必ずしも職業的な盗賊ではなかった。

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