Bushido

In the ninth chapter of his novel Why the Allies Won by Richard Overy breaks down how the moral and spiritual beliefs of the individual nations might have played a role in the effectiveness of their strategies. He proposes that citizens will “fight with less effect in the service of an evil cause.” In response to this hypothesis, I believe that the author has made a sound argument. While not a blanket statement, it is easy to see how the motivations of Axis armies were reflective of the views…

Knights in Europe fought in the military in exchange for land. Samuris didn’t own land. They got paid a salary, often in rice. Although they both had a code to follow, in Europe it was called chivalry and focused on loyalty. In Japan it was called Bushido, and focused on maintaining honor.…

There are several reasons the atomic bomb was necessary to use against Japan towards the end of the Pacific War / World War II. The first most obvious reason was retaliation against Japan’s surprise attack on the United States Naval Base Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. The bombing of Pearl Harbor left the United States with over 2,400 military casualties and 20 destroyed or damaged ships. The attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the sole reasons the United States had declared war on Japan. With…

reason why lord Asano wounded Lord Kira with his blade. Many people have arguments of what standars the samurai should of been judged with in this cause effect affair we have on our hands. Some people believed that the ronin should of been judged by Bushido, the honor code of samurai, some believe that the law when of been a correct way of judging the samurai. You have others that what happened to the ronin fair after what happened to their lord, and then other on what is morally right or wrong…

Lots of people say that Knights and Samurais are the complete opposite, which they aren't. They are very much the same with many differences. For example, both Knights and Samurais merged around Feudalism, and had the same hierarchical system. They also were prepared for battle and went into battle in the same ways. Knights and Samurais were very much the same with small differences because of what they wore/used in battle, how they were structured, and their honor codes. First of all, Knights…

Tokugawa shogunate, following the warring period of Japan, became the last era of samurai’s ruling and the final feudal military government. During this period, the statues of different class and groups began to slightly change, and also, the roles of samurais were different from the earlier periods including late Heian period, Kamaruka and Muromachi eras. In the Tale of Heike, the samurais emphasized the bravery and loyalty of samurais, showing us that samurais played important roles at that…

everyone should show respect towards women, because everyone deserves respect. I also believe that samurai should show respect because they think that their wives don't deserve respect because they don't work as hard. Samurai had practice the Code of bushido,which was loyalty,and personal honor. So,I believe samurai had less respect towards women than knights had.…

Zoughari, Kacem. The Ninja: Ancient Shadow Warriors of Japan (The Secret History of Ninjutsu). 1 ed., Vermont, Tuttle Publishing, 2013, pp. 28-88. The Ninja: Ancient Shadow Warriors of Japan (The Secret History of Ninjutsu), is a book about the art of ninjitsu, including its various forms, how it is practiced and the history of ninjitsu. However, for doing research on historical ninja, its second and third chapters, “The Public Record of Ninjitsu”, and “The Private History of Ninjitsu,” proved…

Within 500 years, the Chinese had made a huge amount of progress in a short amount of time when it came to religion, rulers, political changes and cultural changes. Starting from 100 C.E to 600 C.E, the Chinese had begun a great number of accomplishments such as how they kept their government the same, kept the Mandate Of Heaven the whole period, and environmental structure had kept its roots. Although things were kept the same, change was also present. In 100 C.E, the Han Dynasty had ruled all…

done? Does it bring you joy to know that you killed thousands of people?” Hiroshima was a very peaceful city before the day of August 6, 1945, when the bomb dropped that day. The people of Japan had nothing to do with the recent aggression with the Bushido but yet they had an atomic weapon swallow them in light. The entire thing could have been prevented if they would have run the numbers about how many lives would be lost if they were to go for a ground assault. We could have saved the many…