History, History Skills, Primary Sources, Shogunate Japan

Samurai Primary Sources

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Samurai House Rules
What a samurai must do.

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Samurai on Horseback. Samurai on horseback, wearing ō-yoroi armor, carrying a bow (yumi) and arrows in an yebira quiver. Go here to see the picture and get information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samurai_on_horseback0.jpg

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The Ideal of a Soldier: Yoshiie. For more information, see here: https://education.asianart.org/resources/samurai-way-of-the-warrior/

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The Tale of the Heike
When a general loses a battle, he must do what he must do

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Samurai in Armour:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samurai-in-Armour-by-Kusakabe-Kimbei.png
Onokimo Yantaro holding a severed head. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Onikojima_Yatar%C5%8D.jpg

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Tokugawa Ieyasu talks about the social ranks in Feudal Japan:

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The Way of the Samurai: a philosopher thinks about what makes a samurai more important than an artist or a farmer.

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Ultra challenge:

Letter from St. Francis Xavier about the Japanese. This source is for those of you who want the ultimate challenge! Visit: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1552xavier4.asp.

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Night Attack on Yoshitune’s Residence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Illustrated_Story_of_Night_Attack_on_Yoshitsune%27s_Residence_At_Horikawa,_16th_Century_2.jpg

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