in years, but the role is a weak shadow of the very real Thomas Blake Glover, known as the Scottish Samurai.Born in Fraserburgh, Glover travelled to Japan as a young man in the mid-19th century, where he helped the samurai topple the military leader, the Shogun and returned the Emperor...
A ronin was asamuraiwarrior in feudal Japan without a master or lord — known as adaimyo. A samurai could become a ronin in several different ways: his master might die or fall from power or the samurai might lose his master's favor or patronage and be cast off. The word "ronin" lit...
Who were the largest class of people in feudal Japan? What was the feudal system in medieval Japan? What was life like in feudal Japan? Who ruled Japan during the Medieval period? Who held the most power under Japanese feudalism? What was samurai and Japanese feudalism?
What was the Warring States Period in Japan? Who became the first emperor of the Meiji Era? Who united Japan after the Warring States Period? Who unified feudal Japan? Which dynasty ended in the Warring States Period? Who were the three samurai who unified Japan and led to th...
The Good Guy: Washizu Taketoki is essentially a Macbeth-type character - if Macbeth had lived in Feudal Japan. Washizu is a revered Samurai general. After encountering a spirit who predicts Washizu will take the place of Lord Tsuzuki, the hero makes a fatal error: he tells his wife, Asaj...
David and I shared the samurai beef sticks (grilled Mongolian beef skewered with pineapple and scallions). Really tasty but the star of this appetizer was the lime curry dipping sauce. I could not have ever imagined myself walking into a tiki bar and eating tacos but here we are. The ...
The Good Guy: Washizu Taketoki is essentially a Macbeth-type character - if Macbeth had lived in Feudal Japan. Washizu is a revered Samurai general. After encountering a spirit who predicts Washizu will take the place of Lord Tsuzuki, the hero makes a fatal error: he tells his wife, Asa...
The clay figurine at the left, which was found in Japan, has been linked to the Jomon people, one of the most dominant ancestries on the southern, subtropical island of Okinawa, while people living in western Japan share more genetically with Han Chinese people, represented by the figurine ...
One of the primary goals of the transfer was to limit the involvement of the powerful Buddhist monasteries in court affairs. One of Japan’s most renowned Bussho was run by the acclaimed sculptor Jōchō 定朝 (d. +1057), who trained and inspired a generation of artists who then established...
The tribe’s leader sent her on a vision quest, which led her toWolverine. He helped Echo cope with her murderous past by teaching her disciplines he had learned in Japan. Echo decided to become a hero and adopted the name Ronin (a Japanese term for a wandering samurai without a master...