Samurai: A Guide to the Feudal KnightsBrave Samurai warriors served the lords of Japan and fought epic battles to protect their homeland. Journey back in time to learn about the code of honor followed by these skilled swordsmen and how they prepared for combat....
The samurai's life was ruled by bushido, a strict warrior code emphasizing honor. In this article, we'll examine the strict warrior code of the samurai, the honor system that shaped their lives, the weapons and armor they used, and the history of the samurai, from their murky origins in...
Both the samurai of Japan and the knights of Europe were warriors who wore armor, rode horses, and owned land. Just as European knights had a code of chivalry, the samurai had the code of Bushido. The samurai code, however, was much more strict, since it demanded that a samurai kill h...
Dean Parks opens the song with a light acoustic guitar riff, followed by both Fagen and David Paich (later of Toto) on electric piano. Denny Dias handles the brief guitar solo. Those are the highlights. Sometimes, as in this instance, that’s all you need. Given everything that’s going...
profitable the mundane activities of childbearing and domesticity. He has a further debt of honor to ensure that his life contributes in some way to the establishment, security, or prosperity of that nation-state or of others like it. To the extent that our newborn is obligated by the ...
In the mid-1970s Judas Priest helped spur the genre’s evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; Motörhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWoBHM) such as Iron Maiden followed in a similar ...
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is the fourth game in the series and the first installment of the “Age of Enlightenment” trilogy. It was published and released in 1985 by Origin for the Apple II, C64, IBM PC and Atari 8-bit. Ports for the Amiga and Atari ST with some enhanced ...
of course, presume that communities of samurai and corporate warriors are exactly the same. However, it provides us with an important insight: that this contradiction exists even in Japan’s seemingly monolithic community, and that it persists to the degree that the Japanese regard it as a tradi...
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We’ve found that they hate scented dryer sheets. If we encounter a box that is a problem for nests, we’ll often put one in there and it does the trick. So please, if you one day randomly see a dryer sheet at the back of your mailbox, just know that your carrier more than lik...