Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. Photograph by Felice Beato. Bushido (Japanese: 武士道; bushidō, "way of the warrior"), is a way of life, somewhat analogous to the European concept of chivalry. It includes elements of a philosophy, except that is it generally not textual in nature, and it involves, but is not equivalent to, a code of conduct. Bushido developed between the 11th to 14th centuries and was formalized during the opening years of the Tokugawa shogunate for the members of the Samurai class. According to t ...

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• Bushido - History
• Bushido - Bushido ethics
• Bushido - Seven virtues associated with bushido
• Bushido - Major figures associated with bushido

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Bushido, Bushido - History, Bushido - Bushido ethics, Bushido - Seven virtues associated with bushido, Bushido - Major figures associated with bushido

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"One should have restraint and deep sympathy in all things." In the year 1256, the Shogunal Deputy in Kyoto, Hojo Shigetoki (1198-1261) wrote a letter to his son and house elders of his clan. The letter, now known as "The Message Of Master Gokurakuji," emphasized the importance of loyalty to one's master: When one is serving officially or in the master's court, he should not think of a hundred or a thousand people, but should consider only the importance of the master. Nor should he draw the line at his own life or anythi ...

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Bushido, Bushido - History, Bushido - Bushido ethics, Bushido - Seven virtues associated with bushido, Bushido - Major figures associated with bushido

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Kendo (剣道 Kendō, 劍道) , which is the modern martial art of Japanese fencing, developed from traditional techniques of Japanese swordsmanship known as kenjutsu. Since 1975 the goal of Kendo has been stated by the All Japan Kendo Federation as "to discipline the human character through the application of the principles of the katana (the Japanese standard two handed sword)". However, Kendo combines martial arts values with sport elements, with some practitioners ...

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Yamaga Soko (September 21, 1622 - October 23, 1685) was a Japanese philosopher and strategist. He was a Confucian, and applied Confucius's idea of the "superior man" to the samurai class of Japan; this became an important part of what was later known as Bushido. Japanese scholars limited their Chinese masters to adopt the Confucian tradition to their own requirement. This action broke them away from official orthodoxy and an implied a repudiat ...

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Zen at War is a book written by Brian Daizen Victoria, published in 1998. The book gives a critical insight on the history of Zen Buddhism and Japanese militarism from the time of the Meiji Restoration to the Second World War and the post-War period. It describes the influence of state policy on Japanese Buddhism, focusing on Zen but also including other sects. It also describes the influence of Zen philosophy on the Japanese military. The book also contains a chapter on the actions of Japanes ...

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Samurai (侍 or 士, samurai?) was a term for the military nobility in pre-industrial Japan. Samurai - Myth and reality. Most samurai were bou ...

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• Samurai - Myth and reality
• Samurai - History
• Samurai - Origin of Samurai
• Samurai - Kamakura Bakufu and the Rise of Samurai
• Samurai - Ashikaga Shogunate and the Feudal Period
• Samurai - Oda Toyotomi and Tokugawa
• Samurai - Tokugawa Shogunate
• Samurai - Samurai decline during the Meiji Restoration
• Samurai - Post Meiji Restoration
• Samurai - Culture
• Samurai - Education
• Samurai - Shūdō
• Samurai - Lifestyles
• Samurai - Samurai Names
• Samurai - Marriage
• Samurai - Succession
• Samurai - Philosophy
• Samurai - Weapons
• Samurai - Etymology of samurai and related words
• Samurai - Samurai in popular culture

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(Greek αρετη; Latin virtus) Virtue is moral excellence of a man or a woman. The word is derived from the Greek arete (αρετη). As applied to humans, a virtue is a good character trait. The Latin word virtus literally means "manliness," from vir, "man" in the masculine sense; and referred originally to masculine, warlike virtues such as courage. In one of the many ironies of etymology, in English the word virtue is often used to refer to a woman's chastity. Virtue can also be meant in another way. V ...

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• Virtue - The four virtues
• Virtue - Virtue in the Western philosophical tradition
• Virtue - The unity of the virtues
• Virtue - Prudence and virtue
• Virtue - The Christian virtues
• Virtue - Virtue and vice
• Virtue - Capital Vices and Virtues
• Virtue - Virtue in Chinese philosophy
• Virtue - Occurrences of the word 'Virtue'

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Anachronism is a tabletop game with aspects of both miniatures and collectible card genres. The creators of the game, TriKing Games and The History Channel, have dubbed it "The Greatest Game in History". Anachronism game - Description. The game is a contest of arms between two warriors from numerous historical periods. Each game lasts a maximum of five rounds. The game is unusual for a card game in that it does not use shuffling as a randomization technique. Each player places their chosen warrior card on t ...

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• Anachronism game - Description
• Anachronism game - First Release
• Anachronism game - Factions
• Anachronism game - Promotional Cards
• Anachronism game - Set 2
• Anachronism game - Factions
• Anachronism game - Set 3
• Anachronism game - Factions
• Anachronism game - Promotional Cards
• Anachronism game - Set 4
• Anachronism game - Factions
• Anachronism game - Set 5
• Anachronism game - Set 5 Warriors
• Anachronism game - Competitive Play

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The tale of the Forty-Seven Ronin (also known as the Forty-Seven Samurai, the Akō vendetta, or in Japanese as the "akō rōshi" (赤穂浪士 Akō Wandering Samurai) or the "genroku akō jiken" (元禄赤穂事件 Genroku Akō Incident)) is a prototypical Japanese story. Described by one noted Japan scholar as the country's "national legend" [1], it recounts the most famous case involving the samurai code of honor, bushido, and vividly expresses a ...

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• Forty-seven Ronin - The original events
• Forty-seven Ronin - Background events
• Forty-seven Ronin - The ronin plot revenge
• Forty-seven Ronin - The attack
• Forty-seven Ronin - The death of Kira
• Forty-seven Ronin - The aftermath
• Forty-seven Ronin - Re-establishment of the Asano's lordship
• Forty-seven Ronin - The Forty-Seven Ronin in the Arts
• Forty-seven Ronin - Plays
• Forty-seven Ronin - Cinema and television
• Forty-seven Ronin - Woodblock prints
• Forty-seven Ronin - In the West

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This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this notice to be more specific. Wǔxiá (also Wu Xia) (Traditional Chinese: 武俠; Simplified Chinese: 武侠; pronounced "woo seeyah") literally meaning "martial arts chivalry" or "martial arts heroes", from Mandarin Chinese, is a distinct genre in Chinese literature and cinema. Wuxia figures prominently in the popular culture of all Chinese-speaking areas, and the mos ...

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• Wuxia - History and Context
• Wuxia - Earlier precedents
• Wuxia - 20th century
• Wuxia - The Old School
• Wuxia - The New School
• Wuxia - Novels
• Wuxia - Themes
• Wuxia - Plot and setting
• Wuxia - Philosophy of Xia
• Wuxia - Jiang Hu
• Wuxia - Martial arts
• Wuxia - Suspension of disbelief
• Wuxia - Films

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> List of numbers -- Integers 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 >> septua- (from Latin) This article is about the number seven. For the 1995 American murder thriller movie, go to Seven (film). For the Australian television network, go to Seven Network 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. The SI prefix for 10007 is zetta (Z), and for its reciprocal zepto (z).

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• 7 number - In mathematics
• 7 number - In numeral systems
• 7 number - The Arabic glyph
• 7 number - In science
• 7 number - Language
• 7 number - In music
• 7 number - Albums
• 7 number - In religion
• 7 number - In sports
• 7 number - In technology
• 7 number - In television
• 7 number - In other fields
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Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nihon or Nippon) is an East Asian country surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Philippine Sea, the East China Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. To the west is Korea (North and South), to the north Russia, and to the southwest China mainland and Taiwan. One of the world's leading industrialized countries, the "Land of the Rising Sun" is composed of over 3,000 islands. The largest and main islands are, from north to south, Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū. The Ryukyu Is ...

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• Japan - History
• Japan - Pre-history
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• Japan - The Parliament
• Japan - The Imperial Household
• Japan - Foreign relations
• Japan - Geography of Japan
• Japan - Climate
• Japan - Ecoregions
• Japan - Regions
• Japan - Prefectures
• Japan - Economy
• Japan - Agricultural sector
• Japan - Industrial sector
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• Japan - Society
• Japan - Demographics
• Japan - Religion
• Japan - Education
• Japan - Language
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Kendo, "The Way of The Sword", embodies the essence of the Japanese fighting arts. Since the earliest samurai government in Japan, during the Kamakura period (1185-1233), sword fencing, together with horse riding and archery, were the main martial pursuits of the military clans. In this period Kendo developed under the strong influence of Zen Buddhism. The samurai could equate the disregard for his own life in the heat of battle, which was considered necessary for victory in individual combat, to the Buddhist concept of the illusory nature o ...

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Kendo, Kendo - History, Kendo - Modern Kendo, Kendo - Ranking

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Most samurai were bound by a strict code of honor, the famous Bushido (武士道, bushidō?) and were expected to set an example for those below them. Notably, a disgraced samur ...

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Samurai, Samurai - Myth and reality, Samurai - History, Samurai - Origin of Samurai, Samurai - Kamakura Bakufu and the Rise of Samurai, Samurai - Ashikaga Shogunate and the Feudal Period, Samurai - Oda Toyotomi and Tokugawa, Samurai - Tokugawa Shogunate, Samurai - Samurai decline during the Meiji Restoration, Samurai - Post Meiji Restoration, Samurai - Culture, Samurai - Education, Samurai - Shūdō, Samurai - Lifestyles, Samurai - Samurai Names, Samurai - Marriage, Samurai - Succession, Samurai - Philosophy, Samurai - Weapons, Samurai - Etymology of samurai and related words, Samurai - Samurai in popular culture

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Although not outwardly resembling a traditional samurai, Samurai upholds the code of the Bushido, sometimes relating everything he or someone else does to the ancient tradition. Although he displays a good number of powers, the one he relies on most often is the ability to manipulate wind. He can fly by creating a small tornado around his lower body and can conjur powerful gusts from his hands that can knock back even large objects. In addition to controlling wind, Samurai can also call upon other abilities he learned during his years ...

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Samurai Super Friends, Samurai Super Friends - Character history, Samurai Super Friends - Trivia

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In modern kendo, there are two types of attacks - strikes and thrusts. Strikes are allowed against only certain areas on the body. The valid targets are men (top of the opponent's head), sayu-men or "yoko-men"(the left and right side of the opponent's head), right kote, or wrist at any time, the left kote when it is in a raised position (such as jodan), the left or right do (in tournament situations points are rarely awarded for striking the left side of the opponent's do). Thrusts are only al ...

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Kendo, Kendo - History, Kendo - Modern Kendo, Kendo - Ranking

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When the Japanese imperial army invaded Singapore in February 1942 and renamed it Syonan-to, the British legal system was toppled overnight and replaced by the Japanese one. Unbeknownst to all save the elite few who possessed a knowledge of Japanese culture either through erudition or travel, homosexuality suddenly became legitimate as it was never criminalised in Japan. In fact, the Japanese military, who revered the Bushido code, were the inheritors of a tradition which extolled homosexuality as a higher form of love. It was widely ...

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Singapore gay history, Singapore gay history - The Pre-British era, Singapore gay history - Under British colonial administration, Singapore gay history - The Japanese occupation, Singapore gay history - After World War II, Singapore gay history - Independence, Singapore gay history - The 1970s, Singapore gay history - The 1980s, Singapore gay history - The 1990s, Singapore gay history - 1st decade of the new millennium

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Achievement in Kendo is signified by advancement in rank, or dan, with the eighth rank (hachi-dan) currently the highest rank attainable through testing. Higher dan is awarded on an honorary basis as recognition to one's lifetime contribution to the advancement of Kendo as an art. Additionally there are six ranks below dan known as kyu. The number preceding the kyu is the number of ranks it is below the first dan rank (sho-dan). Sho-dan is equivalent to a first degree blackbelt. In kendo t ...

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Kendo, Kendo - History, Kendo - Modern Kendo, Kendo - Ranking

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The samurai used various weapons. Bushido taught that a samurai's soul is in the katana that they carried. Sometimes a samurai is pictured as entirely dependent on the katana for fighting. This is much different than the role of a crossbow in medieval Europe and the role of sword to a knight, here the weapon serves as a symbol of being samurai, which is of greater importance than the katana qua weapon. Upon reaching the age of thirteen, in a ceremony called Genpuku (元服), a male child was given a wakizashi and an adult name and bec ...

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Samurai, Samurai - Myth and reality, Samurai - History, Samurai - Origin of Samurai, Samurai - Kamakura Bakufu and the Rise of Samurai, Samurai - Ashikaga Shogunate and the Feudal Period, Samurai - Oda Toyotomi and Tokugawa, Samurai - Tokugawa Shogunate, Samurai - Samurai decline during the Meiji Restoration, Samurai - Post Meiji Restoration, Samurai - Culture, Samurai - Education, Samurai - Shūdō, Samurai - Lifestyles, Samurai - Samurai Names, Samurai - Marriage, Samurai - Succession, Samurai - Philosophy, Samurai - Weapons, Samurai - Etymology of samurai and related words, Samurai - Samurai in popular culture

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