As I have said, the Japanese love to immerse themselves in emotion. They have a strong predilection for music that drowns them in feeling. The idea is to move as many people as possible to tears. Germanic and Anglo-Saxon peoples scorn sentimentality, but Russians and most Italians regard music as a sensuous experience. In this they are very close to the Japanese.
Japan is a most interesting country.
The rest came from families that had been bureaucrats for generations and had never drawn sword against another human being. In short, they were salary men. As their reaction indicates, the Japanese have an inborn propensity for occasionally exploding in extreme behavior. Even if the retainers' assault succeeded, they gained nothing. Win or lose, their lives were forfeit.