Peaceful Warrior

Loyalty and protection from warriors, serving nobles and masters, in different parts of the world has been around for centuries. The Samurai from Japan, and the Knight from Europe, are both warriors who help to defend their country in times of war. Lords and Daimyos relied on the warriors to protect them. Samurai date back to 1603 and the Knights are from the middle ages Japan’s samurai and European knights . Were the similarities of the knight and samurai greater than the differences? Evidence…

The most famous person of the Sanada clan would be Sanada Yukimura a samurai of the Sengoku period. He was a great samurai, but why was he important ? The way he died interested me. When I looked him up a lot of video games popped up. I thought he must be important to be in so many games. Sanada parents were Sanada Masayuki and Kansho-in. He died when he was forty-nine. The Sanada’s family crest is made of six Japanese coins. Even Though he died protecting the Osaka castle, Sanada Yukimura was…

Tangerine is a realistic fiction novel by Edward Bloor about a visually impaired boy named Paul, his move to Tangerine County, Florida, and coming to reality with the grim secrets that his family has been hiding from him for his entire life. The repeated symbolism, or motif, in the book has to with sight. Though Paul, has literal poor vision, he can still ‘see’ the other side of people, whilst others might not ‘see’ or even choose not to. Through the motif of sight, Paul, the main character in…

class pyramid structures. The pyramid class structure is similar to the European chart with the emperors/lords, nobles, church officials and the knights/warriors at the top. Both the Japanese and European feudal social structures where based on a social hierarchy of class and this was hereditary through family generations. • Each system had warriors. The European Knights and the Japanese Samurai served their superiors and followed a code of ethics. The code of chivalry for European Knights…

for battle with thick armoury and weapons. However not everyone are riding on horses, this could be due to the ranking of the warriors. Therefore only the people of the highest ranks could receive a horse, and even so the colour of the horse is different among them, so perhaps it would be easier to distinguish who was the leader. This set of ranking which classifies warriors into groups, is still seen in militaries today, there is always a commander and soldiers who obey him similar to the…

The Age of the Warrior in Japan has a distinct impact on the culture of Japanese Samurai, it defined who they were and their beliefs. (Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia) This initiation of the warrior class in Japan began in 1185 with the period known as the Kamakura Period, which was the longest of the three periods in Medieval Ages of Japan. The time period was mark by the defeat of one of the most distinct families in Japan the Taira family and the leadership of the Kamakura…

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” (Andre Gide). This quote describes the main character, Paul, in Edward Bloor’s novel. He has trouble not only with what he sees and how to cope, but what he doesn’t see. Erik is Paul’s older brother and he finds great joy in agonizing him. Erik is one of the characters that contrasts to Paul and his eyesight. He sees what Paul does not and vice-versa. What the author is trying to provide the reader with with…

Samurai and Knights Imagine the medieval time period, the 1400s, in the blazing sun, a fully trained soon to be Knight, European warrior, was kneeling before his father. At that moment his father would have placed the mighty sword, that would’ve finally made him a full Knight at war, in his hands. A drop of sweat fell down the Knights face as he imagined the disappointed look on his father's face when he told him that he was going to break the contract, and not follow through with becoming a…

Upon the middle ages (400 to 1400 A.C) lived the samurai, the loyal warriors of Japan, and the knights, the religious warriors of Europe. Though they may be on opposite sides of the world, they do not acknowledge each other’s existence, similarities were mere coincidences, and the two display little correlation among each other. The knights and samurai differentiated upon their training, had dissimilar loyalty policies and codes, and diverse perspectives of death. Although the samurai and…

“Warlords fight each other to see who can control the most territory. Warriors from other lands threaten to invade and destroy your way of life. How can men, women, and children in your region protect themselves?” Both samurai and knights were created to protect their country and people. When riots broke out or thieves came to steal a master’s belongings, the warriors would protect them. Samurai and knights fought in wars and protected their country. Critics may say that the samurai and knights…