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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trading with Japan‚ many hungry European countries‚ including England‚ France‚ Spain and Dutch‚ came asking for ports to open up. The decisions for these treaties were made by the Shogun‚ the military dictator of Japan’s iconic warrior class‚ the samurais. The Shogun found no problem with having to trade with foreigners‚ and without dawdles‚ welcomed them in. However‚ it wasn’t long till the Shomse European countries (Kick the French out‚ they’re pirates) (Don’t trust England‚ they’re liars) pouring
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9/2/13 Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire . Samurai | PBS Search Support for PBS.org provided by: What’s this? Sam urai warriors em erged as an elite force in Japan’s prov inces during the early 1 0th century . Recruited by local chieftains‚ these fighting forces were m aintained long enough to wage a specific war‚ after which the soldiers would return to their lands to till the soil. With Japan’s em peror liv ing in the ancient capital of Ky oto and unable to m aintain control of the
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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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soldiers‚ samurais‚ were really tired of the everlasting wars. To keep their state and make them relax‚ the ruling class introduced and developed tea ceremony. Tea ceremony came up first in China and then went to Japan‚ after years of development and changing‚ it had its unique form. Tea ceremony is an important part of Zen‚ during the process of making and drinking tea‚ people meditate and got the peace of mind. Coming into the tea house‚ the peace and quietness comfort the exhaustion of samurais‚ making
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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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