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Miho Museum Panel from the fourth scroll, samurai listen to their leader speak carefully Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga ( 鳥獣人物戯画 , literally "Animal-person Caricatures") , commonly shortened to Chōjū-giga ( 鳥獣戯画 , literally "Animal Caricatures") , is a famous set of four picture scrolls, or emakimono , belonging to Kōzan-ji temple ...
Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵, c. 1542 [1] – January 2, 1597) or Second Hanzō, nicknamed Oni no Hanzō (鬼の半蔵, Demon Hanzō), [2] was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, who served the Tokugawa clan as a general, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan.
Taira no Masakado (平将門, died March 25, 940) was a Heian period provincial magnate and samurai based in eastern Japan, notable for leading the first recorded uprising against the central government in Kyōto. [1] Along with Sugawara no Michizane and Emperor Sutoku, he is often called one of the “Three Great Onryō of Japan .”. [2]
Way of the Samurai 3 (Japanese: 侍道3, Hepburn: Samurai Dou 3) is a video game made by Acquire, released by Spike on November 13, 2008, in Japan for the PlayStation 3, and later ported to the Xbox 360. [1] It is the sequel of the PlayStation 2 games Way of the Samurai and Way of the Samurai 2.
The arcade version of Samurai Shodown VI was released by Sega and runs on the Atomiswave system. The game was also released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan on January 25, 2006. The American and European home versions were released respectively on March 24 and March 29, 2009, on the PS2, PSP and Wii as part of the compilation Samurai Shodown ...
A remaster for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One was released in 2018, with a Windows version following in 2019. The game's plot is set in the Sengoku period and focuses on the samurai Samanosuke Akechi who fights against the forces of Nobunaga Oda. After Nobunaga's death in battle, Samanosuke goes on a quest to save Princess Yuki ...
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 originally provincial warriors who served the Kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century, although it is debated when they became a class. [1]
One of these scenes which includes down-pouring of rain was made as a homage to the staff's favorite film, Seven Samurai. [10] Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny was made by a different team from the one that made the first game. The team implemented a bigger focus in adventure rather than action for this game in order to give more depth. [10]