Talk:Shishiou/@comment-26064717-20150208113543/@comment-31.33.217.53-20150227004156

Samurai in Heian and Genpei periods were mainly horse riders, quite like european knights or mongol nomad warriors. It's only starting Onin war that the samurai started to fight more and more on their foots, because battles took place more on urban territory and sieges (which is also why spears and bows can't have been the main weapons of samurai, only Katana and Tachi).

Munechika was born in 938 and died in 1014. So Munechika is possibly younger or have the same age as Shishi'ô. I don't know when it was forged nor by whom.

So in fact, he could well be talking about his former master, Minamoto no Yorimasa, rather than Mikazuki. Besides, Genpei took place a long time ago, so Shishi'ô may remember him only as an old man.