1. SAMURAI SOLDIER’S

2. MINAMOTO YORITOMO  Took title of Shogun (Commander in Chief & head of Military)  Who’s place is the Shogun taking?  Samurai (Professional Warrior’s) became Japan’s ruling class

3. RISE OF THE SAMURAI  Girls & Boys were trained in the arts of War  Daimyos: Warrior-Lords in Japan Began treating their land like independent kingdoms  Tokugawa Ieyasu became Shogun and established Edo as capital

4. ARMOR  Strong, yet flexible  Boxlike panels of armor covered: chest, back & hips  Metal Guards on legs & arms  Iron Masks

6. WEAPONS  Bows & Arrows  Spears  Swords-Finest in the world Long -used for fighting Shorter- cutting off heads

7. MILITARY TRAINING  Fencing/Swordsmanship was most intense training  Martial Arts- Using your opponent’s strength against him

8. BATTLE  Pre-arranged Time & Date  Shouted out names, ancestors, heroic deeds & reasons for fighting  Fought 1 on 1 duels 1. knock opponent off horse 2. wrestle to the ground 3.slit throat

9. TRAINING IN SELF CONTROL  Learned to endure pain and suffering  Overcome the Fear of Death “Meditation on Inevitable Death should be performed daily. Everyday when one’s mind & body are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightening, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing suicide at the death of one’s master.”

10.  Training in Preparedness: Must have a “Sixth Sense” about danger  Training in Writing & Literature Calligraphy Poetry Haiku’s- using images to suggest a mood

11. TEA CEREMONY  Way to form Political Alliance’s among Samurai  Tea Rooms were simple- engaged in discussions

12.  Amida Buddhism  Founded by Honan  Believer’s could enter the Pure Land by prayer TRAINING IN SPIRITUAL STRENGTH  Zen Buddhism  Emphasis on Effort & discipline  Achieved Enlightenment through meditation  Koans-puzzling questions

13. CODE OF BUSHIDO & SAMURAI VALUES  Loyalty & Personal Honor- Loyalty to your Lord Guard Personal Honor  Ritual Suicide- Seppuku- ritual suicide Preserving personal honor, avoiding capture in battle, death of lord, punishment for a crime, atone for a crime and many more…

14.  I have no parents: I make the heavens and Earth my parents. I have no home: I make awareness my home. I have no life or death: I make the tides of breathing my life and death. I have no divine power: I make honesty my divine power. I have no means: I make understanding my means. I have no magic secrets: I make character my magic secret. I have no body: I make endurance my body. I have no eyes: I make the flash of lightning my eyes. I have no ears: I make sensibility my ears. I have no limbs: I make promptness my limbs. I have no strategy: I make “unshadowed by thought” my strategy. I have no design: I make “seizing opportunity by the forelock” my design. I have no miracles: I make right action my miracles. I have no principles: I make adaptability to all circumstances my principles. I have no tactics: I make emptiness and fullness my tactics. I have no talents: I make ready wit my talent. I have no friends: I make my mind my friend. I have no enemy: I make carelessness my enemy. I have no armor: I make benevolence and righteousness my armor. I have no castle: I make immovable mind my castle. I have no sword: I make absence of mind my sword.

15.  12 th Century  Tomoe Gozen- fought in battles-killed enemy leader  Koman- Saved Clan’s banner WOMEN  17 th Century  “when young, women should obey their fathers; when grown, their husbands; when old, their sons”  Arranged Marriages

16.  Japan  Military Chief rose to Power (Shogun)  Loyalty & Obligations tied lords & vassals  Daimyos  Samurai  Code of Bushido (more strict) JAPAN VS. EUROPE  Europe  Military Chief rose to Power (King)  Loyalty & Obligations tied lords & vassals  Landholding Lords  Knights  Code of Chivalry (less strict)

17. INFLUENCE ON MODERN TIMES  1868- Restored the Power of the Emperor  1940’s- stayed true to Warrior Code Many killed themselves Kamikazes  Martial Arts/Judo- reflect Samurai Discipline  Haiku/ Calligraphy