were alike and different in many ways. One way that feudalism in Japan and Europe were alike was that the soldiers/warriors in both cultures had a code of honor that they followed. The samurai’s (Japanese warriors) code of honour was called bushido. In bushido a true samurai would be “loyal‚ courageous‚ veracious (truthful)‚ compassionate‚ and honorable”. In the Code of Chivalry knights were expected to be “brave‚ courteous‚ honourable‚ and gallant to women”. Both are alike in that the soldiers believe
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issue‚ and is held in a peculiar view by many. 30‚000 Japanese commit suicide annually (McCurry‚ 2014)‚ making Japan the 8th country with the highest suicide rates (WHO‚ 2014). This “suicide culture” stems from Japan’s historical roots— the warrior bushido honour code which justifies one’s basis to committ suicide. Can suicide be considered a morally responsible action this way? Or is it a beautiful death? It is also important to note that the perpetuation of this “suicide culture” shows how problematic
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Knights was expected to have the strengths and skills to face in the violent Middle Ages and was also expected to temper his aggressive side of a knight with a chivalrous side to his nature. A true samurai had to follow the warrior code of bushido. Under bushido samurais had to be loyal to the daimyo‚ expected to defend to the death and learn several martial arts. These martial arts are: archery‚ the spear‚ fencing‚ horse riding‚ military strategy‚ use of firearms and techniques of jujutsu. Weaponry
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The Differences between Knights and Samurais Humans and animals are like samurais and knights. These mammals may be very similar in ways like their intelligence and characteristics‚ but these mammals have many differences. For example‚ a human’s imagination or their capability to do something like to wipe out an entire country out or the very Earth itself. About one thousand years ago the central government has lost power‚ and danger lurk beyond every moat and castle walls. Two examples of societies
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Americans were right to bomb japan is because of the Japanese fighting spirit‚ the Bushido. The Japanese had suffered heavy naval losses and hardly have any more men to continue fighting the war. Yet they wouldn’t give up the fight. According to sources‚ the Japanese were told by their minister of defense to protect and defend their empire with their life. This shows no sign of surrender. To prove how strong their bushido actually was‚ shows the dropping of the second atomic bomb. By dropping the first
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have such a beautiful church. It was also pretty nice to have your church be the middle of medieval life. Last this paragraph will focus on both knights and samurais code of conduct. The Samurai went by two codes‚ The Code of Bushido and Sepuku. The Code of Bushido ment way of the warrior which meant large focus on honor and loyalty. Seppuku was a ritual suicide the samurai had to do when they lost their honor or betrayed their Daimyo. Fact about the knight: The Knights went by a code called
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because of the relation the author had to this historical time period. “Chikamatsu was born into a provincial samurai family” he was aware of the practices and traditions the samurai upheld within their household‚ including the samurai code of conduct‚ bushido. When Chikamatsu created The Love Suicides at Amijima‚ the Edo period was in effect and most of the theatre performances were influenced by “the higher rungs of Edo society‚ mostly samurai and rich merchants; it was sponsored by the shoguns as official
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Samurai and knights‚ millions of miles away and still almost identical. Knights were warriors in Medieval Europe and samurai lived in Japan. Samurai lived by the Bushido Code‚ which focused on loyalty and devoting himself to his duty. Knights lived by the Code of Chivalry‚ which focused on loyalty and courtesy. They were also sworn to loyalty to their lord or daimyo. A daimyo is a type of lord that gives land to samurais in exchange for military service. Lords did the same. Samurai and knights were
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The code of Bushido told the samurai how to act and think. It stated that Samurai should’ve devoted himself to duty above everything else in his life including his family. He would also more loyal to his master than anyone else‚ and that a samurai actually spended 3
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similar to the Japanese samurais; not only were they similar in their codes of conduct‚ but they had similar weaponry. The Knights were based on Chivalry which consisted bravery‚ respect and honor. The Samurais followed a similar code of conduct called bushido meaning “the way of the warrior” which consisted of loyalty‚ bravery in the martial arts‚ and honor until death. The similarity in their weapons was the use of swords‚ horses‚ small knifes‚ and armor. Although Europeans had a much heavier armor made
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