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07/09/2023

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10/05/2020

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23/06/2019

O habaki é a peça de metal (geralmente cobre ou latão) que envolve a base da lâmina. Uma das suas funções é evitar o atrito direto da lâmina com a bainha além de segurar a lâmina, não deixando ela sair tão facilmente da bainha.


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21/06/2019

Boa leitura

In 1865, nineteen retainers from the Satsuma domain were sent to study abroad in the UK and bring back the knowledge and technology needed to modernize Japan.

Satsuma was still reeling from the bombardment it suffered in August of 1863 in retaliation for the killing of a British merchant named Charles Richardson close to Yokohama a year earlier.

Realizing that modernization was necessary in order to protect Japan's future, Satsuma quickly formed an agreement with the UK and began planning a trip overseas to study an industrialized nation directly.

A group of nineteen talented young men was chosen to travel to the UK, the youngest, Nagasawa Kanaye, being only thirteen years old.

Japan was still closed to the outside world and it was illegal to travel overseas, so the students left Japan via the port of Hashima under the pretense of visiting one of the islands to the south of Kagoshima.

On board the ships they surrendered their swords and cut off their topknots, vital status symbols to the samurai class. It is hard to imagine today how much this gesture would have meant to these young men who were surrendering their social status and culture before heading out into the unknown.

After travelling to Hong Kong they moved on to Singapore and had many new experiences along the way. They ate pineapple and ice cream for the first time, saw westerners kissing their loved ones farewell (something unthinkable at the time in Japan), and saw the sprawling modern cities on the edge of the British Empire. They continued on to Bombay and beyond, witnessing the construction of the Suez canal, railroads in action, and marveling at the technological and industrial advancement of Britain compared to feudal Japan.

They arrived in Southampton on June 21st, 1865 and traveled directly to London where they enrolled at University College London. Nagasawa was too young to study at the university and was sent far north to Aberdeen where he lived with the family of merchant Thomas Blake Glover and attended a regular grammar school.

Nagasawa was alone in Aberdeen and seems to have suffered since his diary has the word "gaol" (jail) written hundreds of times on a single page so that the whole page is almost black.

He was also apparently bullied, being called "chinaman" by his classmates. In retaliation he one day pulled out his pocket-watch which was a present from Glover and smashed another boy over the head with it, cutting him badly. Expecting to be scolded by Glover's mother he sheepishly returned home, only to be told "good on you son" in true Aberdonian style. Despite this hardship he excelled in school and rose to the top of his class.

The other students studied modern science and industry diligently, and the older members of the group organized purchases of modern technology to be taken back to Japan.

The nineteen students returned to Japan and were instrumental in the founding of the modern government, the Tokyo National Museum, the Sapporo Beer Company, and many other endeavors.

Nagasawa wasn't able to settle in Japan, and eventually moved to California to start a wine business that earned him the nickname "The Wine King of California".

This painting of Nagasawa flanked by Godai Tomoatsu and Terashima Munenori is by "Nobunaga's Ambition" artist Tsuyoshi Nagano. It shows the three students in London, no doubt in awe of the heart of the British Empire and keen to bring back all they could learn to their homeland to spur on the development of Japan.

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12/03/2019

Warrior statesman Fujiwara no Tadamichi died on this day, March 13, 1164

The eldest son of the statesman, Fujiwara no Tadazane, Tadamichi followed in his father’s footsteps to become Kampaku (Chief Advisor to the Emperor, originally a title before the creation of Sh**un) in 1121. In 1123 he would be appointed Sessho (a regent who acts on behalf of a child emperor) to Emperor Sutoku, and Dajo Daijin (Chancellor of the Realm) in 1129.

Tadamichi had five sons, all of whom would play major roles in Heian Period Japanese politics and warfare. His daughter Masako married Emperor Sutoku, his two adopted daughters, Ikushi and Teishi, also married emperors, while his other daughter Shimeko was a concubine of Emperor Konoe.

During the Hogo Rebellion, the short civil war in the summer of 1156 which erupted over an Imperial succession dispute, Tadamichi sided with Emperor Go-Shirakawa, while his brother, Yorinaga, supported Emperor Sutoku. Sutoku’s cause would be futile, and Yorinaga was killed mid battle.

Fujiwara no Tadamichi’s memoirs were published as Hoshoji Kampaku-ki. A manuscript, hand written by Tadamichi and kept in the Kyoto National Museum, is a National Treasure.

Tadamichi died March 13, 1164, aged 68, two days short of his birthday, March 15.

06/03/2019

A melhor página no Facebook sobre o Japão feudal.

https://www.facebook.com/104685412943326/posts/2108550289223485/

Daisho

The Daisho was the pairing of long and short swords, worn as a symbol of the samurai.

The Daito (long sword) usually a katana, but possibly also a tachi, and Shoto (short sword) generally being a wakizashi, or a tanto, when mounted in matching koshirae (sword mountings, fittings and furniture) is called a daisho. The daisho do not have to be forged by the same smith.

Daisho are believed to have come into fashion towards the end of the Muromachi period. A manuscript dated 1629 stipulates that a samurai must wear daisho when on official duties. While the long sword was removed when entering a home or a castle, the shorter companion swords, wakizashi, or (lit. sword thrust at the hip) and tanto, (short blade) would be worn inside.

Although the samurai wore two swords, they would traditionally only fight with one at a time. The early 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi developed a style in which the two swords were wielded simultaneously.

When displayed on a stand, the katana is mounted above the wakizashi, with the hilts to the left and the blades facing upwards.

06/03/2019

Great page about sword reviews.

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24/01/2019