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Showing posts with label bushido. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bushido. Show all posts
Sunday, June 22, 2014

The Evil Book Redeemed: Alexander Bennett's Translation Of The Hagakure

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For years, the Hagakure (along with its spiritual cousin, "Bushido: The Soul of Japan") has been the bane of the Samurai Archives....
Thursday, July 05, 2012

Schooling the Yagyu: Takuan Soho’s “The Unfettered Mind”

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Yagyu Munenori was the founder of the Edo branch of the famous Yagyu Shinkage-ryu School of swordsmanship. Munenori was well regarded, ...
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Five Films For Five Rings-Animeigo’s ‘Miyamoto Musashi’ Boxed Set

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It’s no secret that a lot of us here at the SA don’t think much of Miyamoto Musashi’s popular image as ‘The Ultimate Samurai’, feeling inste...
Saturday, April 03, 2010

No Bullshido Here-Animeigo's "Bushido: The Cruel Code Of The Samurai"

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As evidenced by the recent post covering History Channel's "Samurai" special, one of the most frustrating and constant things ...
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Friday, March 28, 2008

Maeda Keiji, Stephen Hayes, and The Last Samurai: Pop Culture’s Impact On Historical Studies

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One of the best features of the Samurai Archives Citadel is that it’s designed to be inclusive. Virtually anyone with an interest in pr...
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Friday, January 04, 2008

What is a samurai?

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We talk a lot about samurai at the Samurai Archives, needless to say. I think most of us take for granted what a samurai was , however. I...
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