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The word "ninja" in kanji script. Ninja is the on'yomi (Early Middle Chinese–influenced) reading of the two kanji "忍者". In the native kun'yomi reading, it is pronounced shinobi, a shortened form of shinobi-no-mono (忍びの者).
During previous ages, samurai were able to move between masters and even between occupations. They could also marry between classes. However, during the Edo period, samurai were restricted, and were—above all—forbidden to become employed by another master without their previous master's permission. [citation needed]
The martial arts developed or originating in Japan are extraordinarily diverse, with vast differences in training tools, methods, and philosophy across innumerable schools and styles. That said, Japanese martial arts may generally be divided into koryū and gendai budō based on whether they existed prior to or after the Meiji Restoration (1868 ...
Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and the Indian subcontinent. The style and appearance of the dragon was heavily influenced by the Chinese dragon, especially the three-clawed long (龍) dragons which were introduced in Japan from China in ancient times.
The Order of Musashi Shinobi Samurai is a Japanese shinobisamurai clan which served Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Edo Shogunate from 1582 to 1868. They served the Tokugawa Shogunate as intelligence operatives called onmitsu (undercover agents), and metsuke (inspectors), and in the 19th century, as diplomats.
A samurai in his armour in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato. Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan.They were most prominent as aristocratic warriors during the country's feudal period from the 12th century to early 17th century, and thereafter as a top class in the social hierarchy of the Edo period until their abolishment in the ...
Zorro and the Dragon Riders by David Bergantino (1999). [99] Blue Fingers: A Ninja's Tale (2004) Young Samurai novels by Chris Bradford. [100] Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior (2008) Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword (2009) Young Samurai: The Way of Fire (2012) [e-book short story set between books 2 and 3] Young Samurai: The Way of the ...
Nagao Kagetora (長尾 景虎, February 18, 1530 – April 19, 1578 [1]), later known as Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信), was a Japanese daimyō.He was born in Nagao clan, [2] and after adoption into the Uesugi clan, ruled Echigo Province in the Sengoku period of Japan. [3]