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Hana wa sakuragi, hito wa bushi (Japanese: 花は桜木人は武士, literally "the [best] blossom is the cherry blossom; the [best] man is the warrior") is a Japanese proverb that originated in the medieval period. [1] It is also rendered as "among blossoms the cherry blossom, among men, the warrior" or likewise.
Tōyama no Kin-san (遠山の金さん) is a popular character based on the historical Tōyama Kagemoto, a samurai and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history. [1] In kabuki and kōdan, he was celebrated under his childhood name, Kinshirō, shortened to Kin-san.
Irezumi (入れ墨, lit. ' inserting ink ') (also spelled 入墨 or sometimes 刺青) is the Japanese word for tattoo, and is used in English to refer to a distinctive style of Japanese tattooing, though it is also used as a blanket term to describe a number of tattoo styles originating in Japan, including tattooing traditions from both the Ainu people and the Ryukyuan Kingdom.
Princess Cherry Blossom, a character in the video game Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword; Sakura, a character in video game Fire Emblem Fates; See also
Hanami picnics in front of Himeji Castle, 2005 Osaka Castle. Hanami (花見, "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers; flowers (花, hana) in this case almost always refer to those of the cherry (桜, sakura) or, less frequently, plum (梅, ume) trees. [1]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 December 2024. Moral code of the samurai This article is about the Japanese concept of chivalry. For other uses, see Bushido (disambiguation). A samurai in his armor in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato Bushidō (武士道, "the way of the warrior") is a moral code concerning samurai ...
Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword is an action-adventure game developed by Grounding Inc. [2] and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS's eShop. [3] The game was released in Japan on November 16, 2011 as Hirari Sakura Samurai (ひらり 桜侍), in North America on February 2, 2012, [3] and in PAL regions on October 11, 2012 under the title Hana Samurai: Art of the Sword.
Antique Japanese wakizashi sword blade showing the horimono, of a chrysanthemum. Horimono (彫り物, 彫物, literally carving, engraving), also known as chōkoku (彫刻, "sculpture"), are the engraved images in the blade of a nihonto (日本刀) Japanese sword, which may include katana or tantō blades. [1]