In The Last Samurai protagonist Nathan Algren grows fond of his Bushi captors sympathizing with their supposedly “simple” ways like the Natives he had fought in the Great Sioux War. The film’s message is clear‚ like the Natives the Bushi were a relic doomed by industrial modernization and the triumph of western norms. This Eurocentric and sentimentalist understanding of the emerging Meiji period results in a portrayal of the samurai as rusticated and anti-modern‚ fundamentally misrepresenting Bushi
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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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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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of Bushido The Way of the Samurai Bushido was developed between the tenth to fourteenth centuries in Japan and spread through the warrior class. It was a code of conduct that during the time was unwritten passed down from generation to the next. The Bushido code has seven main virtues whose roots come from “Confucius” and “Zen Buddhism.” These seven virtues are known as Gi‚ Yu‚ Jin‚ Rei‚ Makoto‚ Meiyo‚ and Chugi. In Inazo Nitobe’s book “Bushido: The Soul of Japan he describes it as such: “Bushido
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This movie was set in Japan during the late 19th century. An American general who was famous for his many victorious battles against the Native Americans was called to Japan for a special task. The Japanese government was looking to make their civilization as western as possible. They adopted Western dress and began to shy away from the old warrior ways. New technologies such as firearms‚ cannons‚ trains‚ and photography were being instituted into their culture. The only thing holding the government
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Japan is ripe in culture and history that is not so dissimilar from western history both went through a bustling feudal era with many similarities. The main similarity was their order of honorable 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
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Kamakura period the Japanese warrior had begun his ascent to a higher social status. During the Heian period collateral branches of the imperial line‚ the Minamoto and Taira clans‚ represented two of the greatest warrior associations. Wars and battles that broke out during the eleventh century in the Kanto area presented the local warriors and the powerful clans with the chance to continue to build up their power (Schirokauer 181). During Kamakura period the provincial warrior class had managed to consolidate
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Throughout history there has been many strong warrior classes but the strongest of all was the samurai‚ physically and mentally. These Japanese warrior fought with honor and were very tough warriors.The samurai had advanced weapons‚ powerful armor‚and intense training. First‚ the samurai created and used many different types of weapons. The samurai owned two main types of swords. Their main sword was the katana‚ a curved longsword . The curve on the sword was so when you draw it‚ you can slash
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Nowadays‚ America and Japan are two nation states in what historians call The Modern Era. Both countries are hyper-industrialized and have stable constitutional governments. It is obvious that somewhere between an undefined “then” and “now” the lines between “east” and “west” have blurred significantly. Considering this‚ where does Japan derive its sense individuality? This is the question that Eiko Ikagami seeks to answer in her book The Taming of the Samurai. Romanticized samurai are ever-present in
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Samurai and Knights Were the similarities between Japanese samurai and European knights greater than the differences ? In this essay you be learning about where the similarities greater than the differences About samurai and knights . Like were their codes similar or different ‚ and when they were the age 14 did they do anything and when did they began their training ‚ Some similar things about them is that they are warriors ‚ ride a horse ‚ follow a social order ‚ wear armor ‚ follow
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