next under him was placed the sogun‚ the actual leader‚ which was invested by the emperor to protect Japan‚ he was followed by daymio and samurai‚ military figures that were placed in charge of administering the country‚ followed by farmers and artisans. Merchants‚ accumulated great wealth in cities like Edo‚ Osaka‚ and Kyoto. In this structure the samurai class‚ was forbidden from engaging in profitable trade or farming‚ the peasant’s role was to produce basic foodstuffs. Peasants were to give
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Knights and samurai are much more similar than we think. They have many similarities such as they are loyal to their ruler‚ follow an ethical code‚ and defend the innocent. This makes them both very similar to each other. Knights and samurai both have a strict ethical code that guides what they do in life and on the battlefield. The knights have chivalry and the samurai have the bushido. In the code of chivalry‚ the knights must be loyal to the king‚ do good‚ and protect the people. In bushido‚ the
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knights and samurai were‚ in many ways‚ very similar. Both had to be loyal to their lords. These lords expected them to fight well and to be fearless in battle. The lords also expected their knights or samurai to live disciplined and honorable lives. Both European knights and Japanese samurai had to follow strict codes of honor of behavior. The Japanese code of the samurai was called Bushido and European code of the knights was called Chivalry. Both codes required knights and samurais to be brave
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changed the way of the samurai A Samurai Sword symbolizes and means the Samurai’s prestige and his skills in battle. It is a measure of his stature in society. To all samurai it’s their prize possession and it is worn proudly by its master – until the teppō was introduced. The samurai considered it as dishonorable to tradition. This changed the way samurai fight and changed their view to samurai swords. The teppō is an example of a weapon that changed the way of samurai – it was introduced in
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the film ‘The Last Samurai’‚ directed by Edward Zwick and the poem ‘Flames and Dangling Wire’ by Robert Gray the composers have used techniques to make meaning‚ and have explored the challenges and obstacles faced by characters/society who change: firstly‚ through the past and the present; secondly; by the effect of external forces. Both composers have used techniques to convey that in order to move on from the past many challenges and obstacles may be faced. In ‘The Last Samurai’ Algren’s past leads
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Katsu Kokichi in Musui’s Story and Sasahara Isaburo in the Samurai Rebellion both reflect on what it means to be a samurai in the nineteenth century Japan. The samurais were a faction of the military nobility that constituted a large part of the culture of Japan. The origins of the term in the early parts of the tenth century signified those who were serving closely to the nobility of the land. Samurais offered assistance to the early leaders of both Japan and China‚ with their knowledge and fighting
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everyone’s heads who’s better a knight or a samurai. Both these warriors lived in the Middle Ages. Samurai and the Knights fought for power‚ people‚ etc. Both knights and samurai used martial arts in their battles and training. Each one of these warriors favor either Zen Buddhism or Amida Buddhism depending on their cultural diffusion. So‚ does anybody know if you would rather be a knight or a samurai. In this essay I will compare the weapons and armor of samurai and knights‚ the code of conduct of both
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hereditary privilege. Unlike Hagakure: The book of the Samurai‚ and other Samurai books written functionally. Musui’Story taught all Samurai after him a lesson by telling his unworthy and complicated life of a samurai’s way‚ running‚ cheating‚ lying‚ challenges and triumphs. This essay would analyze Katsu an a subject to demonstrate the real samurai’s life reflecting the class dedifferentiation in the late Tokugawa Era. Katsu was one of the samurai at that age and his behaviors brought his life contradicted
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What would you do if you were presented with a choice‚ to join the samurai or to join the knights? Which would you choose? This essay is going to show you facts that might help you decide. I will be talking about the samurai and the knights place in society‚ their armor‚ and their codes of conduct The first topic that i will be comparing and contrasting is the code of conduct. The code of conduct for the samurai was called the code of bushido. This code was highly based on honor so much
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If Knights and Samurai were going to engage in battle‚ who would win? Imagine yourself as a Samurai‚ you are in the middle of defeating the European knights who are covered in plated armor. You begin to worry but then‚ you win‚ these are the reasons why a Samurai is better than a knight. Feudalism in Europe and Japan were both very similar. They both has rulers‚ and they both had rulers who hired nobles‚ and they both had nobles who hired landowners‚ and they both had landowners who hired warriors
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