the samurai‚ who were Japanese warriors that valued honor and respect ("Samurai and Bushido"). These warriors lived by the Bushido‚ which was unwritten laws‚ which was their military code ("Samurai and Bushido"). The Bushido was a good thing because it focused the warriors on their country’s needs and concerns‚ not only on their own problems. Other countries‚ without a military code‚ had huge problems with their unstructured fighters causing them major losses in battle at this time ("Samurai and
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perceived by the character‚ we as spectators are also included in the story told in the film to have our own point of view of the story and perceive the truth from our perspective. For instance‚ in the scene were Tajumaru (the bandit) killed the samurai in the version told by the woodcutter‚ the camera is located behind the wood and is shown like we‚ the viewers are the ones shooting this scene and the scene
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Imperialism encompasses and represents the world’s growth in the face of modernization in the twentieth century. Going beyond the idea of an empire that simply has a mother country and colonial territory; it instead has a very cultural reference that embraces the market of representation. As these growing empires charged head on into a new century‚ they were greeted with both surprisingly warm salutations and unexpected turbulences. Although many explanations can be attributed towards the causes
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Samurai Tale’s Secret Messages Samurai’s Tale will surely bring excitement‚ despair‚ and sadness to you with it’s captivating story of an journey of a boy through Japan’s historic culture. The Samurai Tale is an amazing piece of historical fiction of medieval Japan by Erik Christian Haugaard. Taro is a young boy set out to regain his honor and dignity when his family is wiped out and Taro is taken away as a servant boy. He loses everything even his own family name. But Taro works hard on his
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no political power and was primarily a remnant of the neo-Confucian ideological theory. This theory prescribed a very structured society in which all people in society fell into certain classes. The four major classes within Japanese society were samurai‚ farmers‚ artisans‚ and merchants. Some members of Japanese society were
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with the family. When viewing the opening scenes of the two films the audience is able to get a feel of the two main characters‚ one‚ which is “The Man With No Name” in A Fistful of Dollars and the other‚ Sanjuro in Yojimbo‚ who is a skillful Samurai. A hero is someone who is very masculine‚ brave‚ and shows or acts like he contains power. I believe this is shown in A Fistful of Dollars. For example‚ “The Man With No Name” is a husky scruffy looking man trotting along on a mule‚ following the
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government. The soldiers who committed crimes were normal people before the abomination to people. This has to do with Japan’s Samurai culture. Samurai culture was established early in history and flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries during the Warring States period. They employed homeless and jobless wanderers who pledged absolute loyalty and would fight to death. If a Samurai warrior could not finish his mission or was defeated in battle‚ the shame the warrior would posses would cause them to commit
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caused many conflicts between the higher social classes. Daimyo gained most of their income through taxation and the items that he collected from farmers and merchants. They had a significant role within the military and were the authority over the samurai. They immensely influenced the land they owned and the society living on it. Food As the daimyo were wealthy they would afford top quality food and often ate the best food in the land. Some of the dishes they often ate were tempura seafoods‚ Zoni
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Everyone knows by now how off put Rap has been for the blog. Over time‚ seeing it being integrated in a more refreshing manner has begun to turn that around. Steve Young a motivated rapper in the Philadelphia area came together with a few artists wanting to start something great. This seemed to be just part 1 of Lyrical Miracles. In his bull mask‚ Torito and his DJ Yohan Sebastian took lead in the lineup with catchy hooks and danceable beats. Sebastian rolled into track after track seamlessly as
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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 in being brave
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