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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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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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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return for taxes and loyalty. The system of mutual obligation provided incentives for all classes to perform their duties thus making it very efficient. The classes in both civilizations held almost identical roles in society. The knights and the samurais both had strict codes of conduct. Shoguns and Lords equally held the job of distributing land. The Damyos and Vassals were both in charge of putting the military together. Due to this similarity in class roles‚ the word “feudalism” can be used to
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Midterm Question1 Tokugawa Ieyasu was a great samurai fighter and cunning politician. In battle of Sekigahara Tokugawa defeated his major rivals and established Tokugawa government. His headquarter was established in village of Edo away from the imperial families in Kyoto. Ieyasu and successors choose to rule as shoguns‚ or feudal lords‚ demanding loyalty from the daimyo and exercising direct control only over their own territorial domains. The people saw the emperor as divine descent of sun goddess
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films made him a fantastic representation of Japan’s cultural reshaping post World War II. Mr. Kurosawa’s work is not confined by politics‚ age‚ or gender‚ but is shaped by the challenges of existence and being human. Born in 1910 to a family of samurai background; formally trained as a painter and deeply influenced by his brother‚ who translated foreign films for the Japanese audience. Which gave him great exposure to international film of many genres. Eventually this exposure would channel into
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elegant and specific design has been poured over in movies and literature. Infamous for being able to cut down an enemy in one fell swoop‚ Katana swords are one of the most sought after historical weapons in the world. Katanas‚ also referred to as samurai swords‚ are traditionally made from hand. Japanese blacksmith makers would mold metal in a hot forge with fine precision to make battle ready swords. Katana enthusiasts have kept up the age old blacksmithing process in the face of technological metallurgy
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1. The title of the film is Ugetsu‚ also known as Ugetsu Monogatari. The movie was made in the year 1953 by director‚ Kenji Mizoguchi. The film’s country of origin is Japan. The film’s main actors and actresses are Machiko Kyou (lady Wakasa)‚ Mitsuko Mito (Ohama)‚ Masayuki Mori (Genjurou)‚ Eitaro Ozawa (Toubei)‚ and Kinuyo Tanaka (Miyagi). 2. There are many different antagonists in the movie. The first antagonists are the invading
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