Samurai

Judy & Mary

Knights and Samurai

Because everybody wore kimono during that time period.

The narrator of "The Samurai's Tale" is the young Taro. He shares his experiences and life journey, offering a firsthand account of his growth, learning, and the challenges he faces as a samurai-in-training in feudal Japan.

They could kill any lower classed commoner that did not give them the due respect.

they could wear two swords unlike others.

they inherited their status from their parents

both genders could be a samurai

That is the Super Mode jacket. The Black Box then connects to the Spin Sword to become the Super Spin Sword and it connects to the hilt of the mega blade to become the super mega blade. In Super Mode, the mega mode is changed to a white armored chestplate with the ranger's color as highlights

during war they ate anything they could get their hands on that was ediable. they often killed animals for their protein.

The samurai of ancient Japan could wear two swords, were the highest level of hierarchy, and could behead anyone they wanted to, just because they wanted to.

Of course, if a samurai happened to kill someone of high status, or especially their ruler, they would face challenges including being demoted in their status. Many samurai would commit seppuku if that were to happen, which is a ritual , honorable suicide for the ancient samurai. They would cut their abdomen open and be beheaded by an assistant.

Also, the samurai were very respected. Peasants looked up to them greatly.

samurai lives aprox:100 years. The oldest samurai in the world lived 147 years.

they were like knights. code of honor: Chivalry. code of hone for samurai: Bushido.

There were a lot of old swordfighters from both Japan and China, but they kept fighting with the young ones, until they died.

Ieyasu Tokugawa (73), Sun Quan (70), Hanzo Hattori (55).

Ieyasu was the unifier of Japan, and still protected his lands at his old age.

Sun Quan was a descendant of Sun Tzu, he controlled part of China, but when he grow older, he gave his power to his son.

Hanzo Hattori was a ninja working under Ieyasu, he fought up until his death.

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When we talk about the Gi is what the modern person would think of when asked about traditional Japanese clothing. Consisting of basic pieces such as the Kimono, Obi, and Hakama. This clothing were very important in the edo period for the Sumarai. This was the tradional cloth of that period. Besides being required to hold together Kimono, the Obi, a sash or belt, is ornamental and expressive of class, age or marital status.

No, his effect does not target. The monster he will affect is pre-selected by being involved in battle with him, there is no 'selection' involved, which is the essence of a targeted effect.

Officially, the Samurai were banned, literally, legally, from the 1880's onward, the begining of the Meiji restoration era which I believe lasted until the mid 1920's. The transition into the 20th century was more painful for Japan than it was for everyone else; although its Samurai had protected Japan from European colonialism due to its geographical and political isolation, in the end that same isolation and close mindedness, left it too weak to dictate diplomatic terms with Commodore Perry's "black ships." Consequently, the rapid change, left many power vacuums; see, during the Edo period, when the house of Tokugawa ruled, everyone who held political office was a Samurai. The moment they were legally banned, they all lost their positions literally overnight, creating a power vacuum to be filled by corrupt ambitious men, which culminated with Japan ultimately becoming one of the oppressive powers of WWII. Had the Samurai who held positions of power been allowed to keep their jobs, WWII may not have occured because see, by that time, the Samurai class had become pacifists, at its heart, the very nature of Bushido is pacifist. You train as hard as possible, to end violence as quickly as possible. It is true that Hideyoshi Toyotomi attacked China and Korea, seeking to expand Japan's borders, however his lack of success, not to mention the fact that he did it more to get rid of unruly Samurai, than actually wanting an empire, made it so that all the lords that supported him were against him. Toyotomi's attacks on China and Korea, left a lot of sour people who saw it as needless war, just an excuse to get rid of people he didn't like, that bitterness, created trouble for his descendants, culminating in yet another civil war that placed the house of Tokugawa in power. The Tokugawas were more popular than the Toyotomis because under their rule, Japan prospered.

Many Japanese historians, see the Meiji period as an excuse of ambitious men to gain power, the real reason there was pressure to get rid of the Samurai, with the pretext that they were "outdated," was not to modernize Japan, but for them to gain power. Similar to what happened in Great Britain with the advent of Darwinism; there are people who used Darwinism, as an excuse for the ambitious middle class, to wrest power from the upper classes, while using Darwinism as a justification that because they're "the best," that no one should remove them from power. The mentality, later found its way into the United States, hence the reason why social mobility for nonwhites in this country is all but impossible. See the Samurai rulers of Japan during the Tokugawa era were in fact doing a good job; an outstanding job in fact, because Japan had a high living standard, and poverty was nonexistent, a far cry from China, which was being ripped apart by the fall of the Ming, and the Manchus.

So, how was the merchant class able to wrest power from the Samurai? For one, there is strength in numbers, second, they took advantage of the Japanese public's xenophobia. See, Commodore Perry's black ships, provided the ideal pretext to play upon Japanese fear of outsiders.

"Look at how outdated and close minded those Samurai are; we need to learn new technology! Let US have the power."

That, is basically how the merchant class took over Japan; by exploiting Japanese xenophobia and racism.

"If Japan does not modernize like those foreigners are modern, then we will be invaded! Those Samurai do not want to help you WE do!"

Its a gross oversimplification, but, that IS basically how it happened. To a certain extent, that Tom Cruise Samurai movie is indeed accurate; although the Samurai were indeed respected, and the Satsuna rebellion was seen as a tragic chapter in Japanese history as Hollywood drama demonstrated, in the end, Japanese xenophobia won over respect for the Samurai. Therein lies the tragedy; had the Japanese public allowed the Samurai to do their job, reason with them, let them keep their power while letting them guide the modernization process, Japan would not have the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world to have felt nuclear attacks. Millions of both Japanese, and Chinese lives could have been saved.

The fall of the Samurai, was tragic for more reasons than you realize; read the history.

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Of course, the idea of using xenophobia to gain power, is not unique to Japan, see, years lator, Mao Zedong did the same thing; "Chairman Mao" kept his dealings with the Russians a secret, whereas Chang Kai Shek foolishly allowed his dealings with the Americans to go public. His rival Mao and his cronies were just all over that; after years of colonialist style humiliation by foreign powers, Chang Kai Shek gave Mao, the means by which to wrest power. He presented himself as a hero for the people, and Chang as yet, another collaborator of course when Mao took power, he revealed his true colors.

Frankly I did not like either of them; I've always seen Chang Kai Shek as somewhat of a coward, and Mao, as an oportunistic pig.

The point remains; had the Samurai kept control of Japan, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, and later on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, none of that would have happened.

all, because, come on, its a small country. However they do not reserve the right to be so arrogant, they are willing to slaughter Chinese, just to have enough raw materials for a military that will ensure its isolation. Of course all that is history, and Japanese society is not likely to change any day soon.

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Because she realized that it only confirmed people's beliefs that she was a slut. Now she only gives head to wrestlers behind the stage.

Ronin are samurai without a master

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is a Japanese live action series, also known as a Super Sentai season. Shinkenger is the Super Sentai season in which Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Super Samurai uses in order to adapt from it into Samurai and Super Samurai. The majority of Shinkenger footage is used for Samurai and Super Samurai scenes except for scenes within the Shiba House as well as scenes within the zord cockpits.

the code of honor is BUSHIDO

Murakami Harutomo's (aka Taro) father died in a battle against

Chuck Norris. He took a roundhouse kick to the face.

Bushido

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The training of a Japanese Samurai, began at the age of 5, at which point a man would give his son, to the care of his brother, the boy's uncle. The Japanese frowned on fathers training their own sons because, as all fathers love their boys, the fear was that dad was going to be too soft, be too easy on them, and Samurai training was very much life or death, they were training to be a soldier. Upon arriving at his uncle's house, the boy would work as a servant for about 3 years, before any formal sword instruction began.

In addition to sword instruction, they were taught various forms of Buddhist meditation, given a classical Chinese education which was common of upper class feudal era Japanese, and upon hitting puberty, more rigorous training would begin. The core of the physical side of Samurai training, lay in Sumo; in fact the reason Sumo is so revered in Japan, is because Sumo is the FOUNDATION, for the training of a Samurai. Before you do your family's style of Jiu Jitsu, as all Samurai families had their own style, or your clan's, before learning the other Samurai weapons, the various staves and spears, the bow and arrow, and learning the art of Yabusame or "horse archery," you learned Sumo.

If a boy could not survive Sumo training, he could face being disowned by his own father. Why the harshness? Feudal era Japanese Samurai believed, if you can not survive a Sumo stable, you will not survive in battle. All Samurai, regardless of build, had to learn Sumo. Now the whole issue with being fat, is a relatively recent phenomenon; as it became more and more a sport, it began favoring men whose bodies were more heavy set. Thus you began seeing less "fat but muscular" men, and more "fat and strong" types as the years passed. The general build of a Samurai was "fat but muscular." That is, that type of men with arms like bodybuilders, but bellies like a sack of potatoes. Of course Japanese swordsmen ran the gamut of body types; what mattered most was whether or not a boy was strong enough to survive the training, not how he looked, and, what can I say, some dudes are tougher and stronger than they look. Never judge a book by its cover and all that.

Upon completing Sumo, a Samurai boy would learn his clan's style of Jiu Jitsu. Modern Judo, is in fact an amalgam of several styles, that is, Judo is composed of techniques which Dr. Jigoro Kano, the sport's creator, felt were the most scientifically relevant. Dr. Kano hand picked Jiu Jitsu techniques which he felt were the simplest and easiest to learn, and most applicable to how the laws of physics affected the human body, as well as their efficiency. In other words hundreds of Jiu Jitsu styles contributed a move or two to Judo, that is why the art is so comprehensive in terms of grappling.

Obviously through all this, sword practice would continue. Upon completing the training, and surviving the often harsh strength building methods, by now having reached manhood, the boy was no longer a boy but a Samurai. If you were asking regarding conditioning, and strength building, it was mostly the stuff they now do at Sumo stables. In order to get strong, what Samurai used to do, was lift logs over their shoulders, and then run uphill with them, the distance I think roughly 5 miles. According to legend, one particular Samurai did an uphill jog with a 900 lb log over his shoulders.

Miyamoto Musashi, generally reccomended, simply, just living in the wilderness, and practicing your art. Nothing fancy, nothing secret; just live in the wild, and practice. The wilderness itself, according to the Yamabushi, or Japanese hermits, will make you strong. Simply living and surviving there is enough for overall "conditioning." The idea that the Samurai did not do strength building exercises is a myth; truth is they did, their favorite method was playing around with large logs. Bear hugging them, lifting them over their shoulders and running with them, basically a lot of the stuff, very often, you see some MMA guys do today.

Now where there is a peculiar difference however, is that in the Sumo stable, they felt your strength training was not complete until you were strong enough to uproot a tree with a bear hug. If you trained to become that strong, THEN you truly earned the title of "Yokozuna." A fully trained Sumo master, had to be able to do two things; uproot a tree with a shoulder charge, that is keep hitting with your shoulder, American Football style, an NFL type charge, until you knock it down. The other thing is bear hug and uproot it. Incredible? Unbelievable? Hey you asked man; I swear, I am not making this up.

For what its worth, I think in some Japanese museums, they have large tree trunks on display with grooves, roughly the same size as a human shoulder. That is trees with marks, dents on the trunk, put there by shoulders. Common sense of course demands that hopefully they were wearing some sort of armor..... I mean, hitting a tree trunk bare chested, you're gonna skin yourself. Its not entirely impossible though, because in eras past, people used to wear clothing with much heavier and thicker fabric. If your clothes tore, you couldn't just go to the store and get new threads; you were gonna get a bit breezy if your clothes were made from easily torn fabrics, or not thick enough. Provided they had the sense to wear protective padding hey, those men were pretty stocky, so, its possible.

Yes the samurai were wiped out .japan ask America to help rid of the samurai.Because the samurai were stuck in the old days