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His name is a homage to John Lydon's stage name while heading the British punk band Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten ("Gyobutsu" roughly translates as rotten fish). Hishiyasu Shido (司戸 菱安, Shido Hishiyasu) Voiced by: Kentarou Itou (Japanese); Kyle Hebert (English): Leader of the world's baddest ronin gang, the Shinsengumi. After Manji killed ...
Chiburui (血振るい), also called chiburi, [1] is the process by which one symbolically removes blood from a sword blade. The term chiburui can thus be translated as "shaking off the blood". In the Japanese martial art of iaidō, this is done before nōtō or placing the blade back into the scabbard (known as saya). [2]
Also known as the Coward's Blade as it is the sword Mordred, his son, stole and later used to kill King Arthur. Carnwennan – King Arthur's dagger. Galatine – Gawain's sword granted by the lady of the lake said to make the wielder invincible under the sunlight. Pridwen (also Wynebgwrthucher) – The shield of King Arthur. Shares its name ...
Blade of the 47 Ronin is a 2022 American action fantasy film directed by Ron Yuan and written by John Swetnam, Aimee Garcia, and AJ Mendez, and is a sequel to 47 Ronin (2013). Set 300 years after its predecessor, the film follows the fight for survival of the final descendants of the 47 Ronin.
Saitō Hajime (斎藤 一), based on the historical figure of the same name, was the leader of the third squad of the Shinsengumi during the Bakumatsu. He has a long-standing rivalry with Kenshin and firmly believes in "Swift Death to Evil." He goes by the name of Fujita Gorō (藤田 五郎) and works as a Meiji police officer.
The blade of this type of kabutowari was a curved tapered square [4] iron or steel bar with a hook on its back edge. [5] In combat, one could parry and catch a blade with that hook, as with a jitte. Some kabutowari of this type were mounted in the style of a tantō with a koshirae. [3]
The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
An athame or athamé (/ ə ˈ θ ɒ m /, / ə ˈ θ ɒ m ə /, / ˈ æ θ əm eɪ /, or / ˈ æ θ ɪ m ɪ /) is a ceremonial blade, generally with a black handle.It is the main ritual implement or magical tool among several used in ceremonial magic traditions, and by other neopagans, witchcraft, as well as satanic traditions.