Samurai

understood/created and extremely carefully planned." Another well-known/obvious history expert, Robert L. O'Connell, author of Holy and untouchable Ships. The of the Fightship and the Rise of the U.S. Navy (1995), compared it to the perfection of a "flashing samurai sword." Even the recorded narration on a Pearl Safe place tour boat says the attack was "brilliantly created and successfully…

Pearl Harbour attack was a great accomplishment of the Japanese Naval Aviation force at that time. Each of the perspectives carries its own merit, but the one that strongly support most is that Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was a great success. All quotes support that it was a Japanese success. Michael Slackman, a consulting historian to the U.S. Navy, described the attack as “almost textbook perfect”.8This perspective is similar to that given by book Target: Pearl Harbor (1990). Gordon…

Japan’s leaders. One period called the Nara Period from 710-794 was when the first capital was built in the city of Nara. Afterward, when emperors took over, Emperor Kammu moved the capital to Heian. A few years later, a new and stronger group called samurais weakened the emperors and took them over. World War I had spread throughout Europe a few years later. Japan had formed alliances with countries like Germany. On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl…

Another installment, “Toy Story 4” was set to open in theaters on 2017. 3. The “Dollars” or “Man with No Name” Trilogy ("A Fistful of Dollars", "For A Few Dollars More” and "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly") If you want your Western film to be based on a samurai flick and directed by an Italian (Sergio Leone), this trilogy is for you. This unusual mixture and Clint Eastwood’s amazing portrayal made it irresistible to Western film fans. 2. The Original Star Wars Trilogy, or Star Wars OT (“Star…

One of the best films of 2014, "Pale Moon" is also a great specimen of contemporary Japanese cinema. Based on the novel "Kami no Tsuki" by Mitsuyo Kakuta, the film tells the story of Rika Umezawa, a timid woman in her forties, who lives with her husband, although they do not have any children. She works part-time at a bank doing house calls to sell bonds and other banking products and, in general, lives an utterly conventional life. However, once she convinces Kozo Hirabayashi, a slightly…

Yojimbo, directed by Akira Kurosawa tells a captivated Japanese story about a wondering samurai, named Sanjuro who helps a small town get rid of the most troublesome group of gangs by using his cleverness. Kurosawa is known for his composition and movement in his film, but other elements of mise-en-scene is also skillfully. He does a fascinating job with the fighting scene. In the beginning of the scene where a woman and two men are conversing a scheme in a closet, Kurosawa establishes…

of Daruma’s Chinese disciples were well received by traveling Japanese monks whom ultimately introduced them in Japan during the latter time-frame of the Kamakura era (1185 -1333). Received with great enthusiasm by the people, “especially by the samurai class that wielded political power at this time” (Ford 33), Zen quickly became the most prominent form of Buddhism, having a great influence on the development of Japanese culture and eventually becoming a core of Japan’s both spiritual and…

The text contains a diversification of literary experience, such as Samurai death poems and online conversations which gives a relevant connection with its youthful audience. Mortality and death are socially difficult topics presented in the text, thus fulfilling the Stage 5 outcome EN5-5C (NSW Board of Studies, 2012, p.…

Jesuits attempted to convert the country of Japan to Christianity. Their efforts to accomplish this goal were first sparked by the Age of Discovery, followed by the Counter-Reformation of 1545, and then by Francis Xavier’s meeting with an exiled samurai from Japan. The Jesuit mission began with Francis Xavier’s entrance to Japan in 1549 and saw two more important Jesuit missionaries, Father Cosme de Torres and Alessandro Valignano, continue his work over the next thirty years to preach the word…

Multicultural perspectives in art pertains to an educational approach that celebrates the multiple heritages of artists and art students. By understanding the cultural context behind the creation of iconic works of art, we can move towards a more authentic understanding of the aesthetic traditions behind the creation of a work of art. It is through this educational approach that the work of Claude Monet is best viewed. Claude Monet is undoubtedly one of the most familiar and best loved of all…