Daimyo and Samurais. The highest ranking in the Noble class was Shogun. The shoguns ruled the military parts of Feudal Japan in shadow of the king. The country’s security was under their control and to maintain it was their responsibility. The next ranking in the Noble class were the Daimyos. They were given the term “warlords” and worked under the word of the Shogun‚ of whom worked under the word of the Emperor. The final and lowest ranking of the Noble Class were the Samurais. The samurais were one
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My mon is a representation of the values and origins of the Morberger family. To the Japanese community‚ mon’s are a symbol of the family’s identity and name and were popularly used by the samurai to distinguish the social class and portray the honour of their family. (Encyclopaedia Japan‚ 2008). When creating my mon‚ I wanted to reflect the Japanese use of nature and symbolism to show the history of my family name and how different cultures came together to form our family. The most notable figure
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In The Last Samurai Tom Cruise plays a character‚ named Capt. Nathan Algren‚ who gets captured as a prisoner of war by the Samurai. He is taught about them and their unorthodox culture and way of living. He ends up falling in love with their culture and fights for them in their war against the much larger and technologically advanced Japanese Empire. The scene I choose is the "sparing in the rain" scene‚ in which Capt. Nathan Algren spars with wooden swords. This scene shows the true strength
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like food‚ shelter and clothes. It was also a major waste of time that they could have instead used to train the armies of their domains. When the daimyo were in debt‚ whether it was because of the sankin kotai or the fact that they had to pay for samurais¡¦ rice‚ they had to turn to the merchants to borrow money. Because money making was seen as the lowest of the low in their beliefs‚ borrowing from people who do so was even more shameful.
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Title: The ancient art of Seppuku Purpose: To bring awareness of the ancient samurai art of Seppuku Audience: Anyone who has ever wondered why people commit suicide for honor Seppuku‚ also called Hara-kiri (“belly-cutting”)‚ the honorable method of taking one ’s own life practiced by men of the samurai class in feudal Japan. Seppuku (only outsiders reffered to it as "hari-kari") is a highly ritualized performance‚ as complicated as chado (a tea ceremony)
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arms with the world via The History Channel Arts & Entertainment channel. Michael Zomber has produced the television documentaries “Dueling Pistols” and “Soul of the Samurai.” His literary ventures include; “Shogun Iemitsu: War and Romance in 17th Century Tokugawa Japan”‚ “Jesus and the Samurai: The Shining Religion and the Samurai‚” “Park Avenue‚” “Sweet Betsy That’s Me: A Child of the Civil War” and “A Son of Kentucky.” Convicted of mail fraud in 2003‚ Michael Zomber made the most of his time
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(otherwise known as samurai women) provided for the defense of their homes and children. Their wartime roles included washing and preparing the decapitated bloody heads of the enemy‚ which were presented to the victorious generals. Like their samurai husbands‚ personal honor was paramount for samurai women. They carried small daggers and were always prepared to die to maintain their honor and family name. After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan‚ the role of women changed. Their samurai husbands‚ no longer
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his wife because of what happened‚ while Tajomaru said that the samurai still loved her wife as he was ready to fight to the death for her. Another was the strange character who took the dagger out of the chest of Takehiro. No‚ this man isn’t the murderer‚ I suppose this man was also a thief‚ and first man who found the body was the woodcutter. So the woodcutter can no longer be accused‚ even though he quickened the death of the samurai by taking the dagger‚ for more blood flowed in the samurai’s mouth
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Life of a Delinquent Samurai Japan in the early 1800’s was relatively structured and under control. The Tokugawas had already been ruling for about 200 years and had things pretty much the way they wanted them. Katsu Kokich was a Samurai who was born in 1802. Kokichi did not share the same structured childhood and life as many people in nineteenth century Japan‚ but his abilities to think outside the box and take risks made him a better-rounded person. The class Katsu was born into had the largest
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was highly important and well respected. Both offered protection to the land and a rigid code dictated their lives. In Europe‚ the knights went by a code of chivalry‚ and the samurais in Japan followed the bushido to their last breath. In the age where invasions and battles were common for both locations‚ the knights and samurais were highly ranked in the feudal system. The classes that made up the different hierarchies also closely mirrored each other‚ with peasants‚ serfs‚ and warriors appearing in
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