of the samurai class‚ especially with the high-rank samurai. The Twilight Samurai and Musui’s Story both depict the deficiency of samurai class during the Tokugawa period with the struggles of the low-rank samurai trying to find ways to support themselves all while trying to keep up their status as a samurai. Both the film and autobiography also show that bushido was far from a normative philosophy through the acts of
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History Speech (1st slide) What were the Samurai? (2nd slide) These are my sources. The excerpt from Yamaga Sokō is a primary source written as an original document in his work ‘Way of the Samurai’. Yamaga Sokō wrote this work in the mid-seventeenth century as a Japanese Philosopher during Medieval Japan times. He was an expert in military techniques and was highly respected. This source is very reliable as it is from the time and although it is an opinion‚ it is not biased or unwitting as well
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The Samurai and the Bakumatsu Era Eric Lemaire 12/09/05 English Comp I Mrs. Halperin The Bakumatsu Era was a crucial period of Japanese history at the end of the Tokugawa Era or Edo Period. It was a period of war and anarchy that was brought about by the introduction of western culture and constant battles between the imperialists and the loyalists. During this time and throughout history‚ the samurai or bushi played an integral
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own choosing represent conflicting perspectives in unique and evocative ways. All texts are deliberately constructed to convey an agenda and a set of values‚ meaning every composer has a purpose fueled by issues from their context and audience. Conflicting perspectives are used as a vehicle for successfully conveying this purpose to the audience. Through the representation of events‚ personalities and situations‚ the responder is susceptible to accept the perspective that the composer has deemed
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Samurai and knights‚ millions of miles away and still almost identical. Knights were warriors in Medieval Europe and samurai lived in Japan. Samurai lived by the Bushido Code‚ which focused on loyalty and devoting himself to his duty. Knights lived by the Code of Chivalry‚ which focused on loyalty and courtesy. They were also sworn to loyalty to their lord or daimyo. A daimyo is a type of lord that gives land to samurais in exchange for military service. Lords did the same. Samurai and knights were
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were warriors. The warriors of Europe were called knights. The warriors of Japan were called samurai’s.Historians would argue that the knights and Samurai are more different‚ but evidence shows they are actually more similar.Samurai and knights both had a lot of training and shared similar ideas about loyalty to their masters. First of all‚the samurai and the knights both
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In doing so samurai (Japan’s warriors) and knights (Europe’s warriors) arose. Their positions were created so they could protect and conquer land for their master in exchange for a piece of that land. Although‚ samurai and knights were similar the differences outweigh the similarities. Some of the reasons they are different is because they follow different codes of conduct‚ armor‚ and have different relationships with their lord/daimyo. To start off‚ one difference between samurai and knights is
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soldiers‚ which were knights in the west and Samurai in Japan but both followed a similar code of honor and loyalty. The real question is how did this class of aristocratic warriors rise out of nothing to become the ruling class of Japan. The Samurai are one of Japan’s most iconic cultural symbol that has drawn interest from both Japan and the West and has been used to create many novels and movies for people to enjoy the rich cultural heritage of the Samurai. When Nara became the capital of Japan
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The samurai and the knights had a lot of similarities but they did have a lot of differences to. Like how they were both classified warriors who fought mostly for their kingdom and their families. The samurai followed a code called bushido‚but the knights didn’t follow the same code they followed a code called chivalry. The samurai and knights were both highly trained warriors who protected their kingdom as well as their people. More than a thousand years ago‚ a class of professional warriors
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The commoner women of course were separated from the other students. Samurai women compared to commoners had much heavier regulations in their daily lives. As Yamakawa Kikue writes in her book Women of the Mito Domain‚ samurai women rarely left their household. Samurai women received most of their education from their fathers or female tutors. The text they had to study differed among their family situation. One of the
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