Essays on Samurai

A decade in the dry dock has been enough for Samurai Shodown. SNK has found renewed energy to recover one of his series of legendary fights and also has done it from scratch, with a reboot. Easy to recognize because of their inspiration in the Japanese Tenmei era…

Assimilating from one culture to another can be very difficult when you are not sure about the customs or traditions of the other culture, this can be especially difficult when you are only a young child and have to unexpectedly grow up in a different…

Do both works have the same characters? Which are different? For example, in the film, the commoner to whom the tale of the murder is told. If the main characters are the same, do they share the same traits? For example, the woodcutter. Akutogwa’s stories;…

Imagine if you had to be a noble warrior who had to fight for his dear life, in exchange for some mere land. Well, this was the very task of the samurai and knights. Both of these powerful warriors served their purposes in different ways….

Throughout history warriors have died for a cause, whether it was defending their country, family, way of life, or their own interests. The Warriors of Rome would die for their emperor and the glory of Rome. The Knights who fought in the holy land during…

Japan: The Age of the Samurai The Japanese warrior, most commonly known as the samurai, has been a significant symbol throughout Japan’s history and culture. In the beginning although they were simply common men who just guarded the capital for the Emperor, while some were…