For centuries the Japanese have been known for developing fierce warriors known as the samurai. So what is a samurai? According to Merriam-Webster.com a samurai is “A military retainer of a Japanese Daimyo practicing the code of conduct of Bushido.” The Bushido Code is an honor code developed by the samurai class in the Japanese military and is comprised of eight virtues which are Rectitude or Justice‚ Courage‚ Benevolence or Mercy‚ Politeness or Respect‚ Honesty‚ Honor‚ Loyalty‚ and Character and
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mother. It was their future journey. Taro‚ the son of Sansho‚ tells Anju and Zushio to wait until their older and stronger to escape‚ then gives them powerful names. Anju is named Shonibu‚ meaning endurance‚ perseverance‚ and patience. Zushio is named Matsu-Waka‚
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as a knight is better than experiencing life as a samurai for the reason that the rules that knights had to follow were less strict than the rules that samurai had to follow. The samurai bushido code stated that a samurai had to live by honour. If a samurai was to lose his honour he would have to commit suicide. Samurai could lose their honour by failing to protect their daimyo‚ losing one of their swords‚ or losing in battle. This meant that samurai had to be on guard at all times‚ and had to protect
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In the medieval times‚ when the shoguns ruled Japan. There were samurai or japanese warriors. These samurai were people who worked for the damio‚ or japanese warlords. The daimyo were powerful landowners who would hire samurai to protect their land and belongings. The samurai lived under a strict set of rules‚ this was called the bushido code. The bushido code was used by samurai warriors and was the ultimate guide on how you should live your life‚ from fighting skills to self honour and also to
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What purpose did Samurai serve during Feudal Japan Research topic influenced by one of the two Main sources: The last Samurai Directed by Edward Zwick and Rurouni Kenshin Anime series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. My research is based on Samurais and their way of living. I want to bring out the history behind feudal Japan where Samurai warriors were a
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emperors found it very difficult to control all of the country‚ so they introduced the samurai which is a warrior in Japan which means a man who serves nobble. At first the samurai men were only born into being a samurai and they were called the Daimyo. This changed as the daimyo gathered vassals who were not related to them by blood and then these were known as the samurai. During the Shogunate period the samurai where under the warrior code of bushido. Under this this they were required to learn
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Samurais Argumentative essay Samurais were a vital part of Japanese culture and should have been allowed to continue. Although there were dangerous aspects of this tradition‚ it was also a large part of Japanese culture. As time passed‚ their existence had gradually lessened‚ resulting in their loss. Although the Samurai ways are no longer practiced‚ they have left a legacy that keeps on affecting the lives of people in Japan today. The traditions of the samurai still have an influence on the
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The first primary source I found was an interview from manymountains.org. The women that was interviewed was on February 2‚ 2002 was Joy Nozaki Gee‚ daughter of Kiyoshi "Semita" Nozaki‚ at her home in Sacramento‚ California. Gee talks about how her father‚ Mr. Nozaki‚ had earned his Master’s degree is Literature from the University of Washington and was a poetic writer. Nozaki was teaching Japanese in Arroyo Grande‚ California. When he became imprisoned at an internment camp in New Mexico‚ Mr. Nozaki
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Story‚ convey a shift from the hierarchically strict Heian/Kamakura epochs to the more socially open late Tokugawa period. Throughout the work‚ Katsu illustrates his various dealings and communications with peasants‚ merchants‚ artisans and fellow samurai. While in theory a social hierarchy still presided‚ Musui’s Story dismisses the notion that social groups remained isolated from each other‚ as in previous Japanese eras‚ and instead reveals that people of Japan in the late-Tokugawa-era mingled with
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shows what life was like during Japan’s time of change. When taking Musui’s Story in context‚ one can see not only the change and decay of the samurai way of life but also the change that all of Japan saw during this era. In order to understand Musui’s Story‚ one must first understand Japan’s history up the point where the book was written and who the samurai were in Japanese society. The time period that Musui’s Story is written is commonly called the Tokugawa period or the Edo period which began
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