The Cultural Philosophy of the Japanese samurai
By
Jeremiah Putney & Nate Cooper

The Samurai of Japan where basically warriors who were also
noble men the best thing to relate them to would be the medieval knights of
Europe. But these men where more devout to there masters even the translations
of the word samurai means those who serve in close attendance to the nobility.
The thing I want to talk about in this blog thou is there code of honor there
philosophy of life or what we would call there code of honor. The reason I
chose to talk about this topic is that every since I saw the movie the last
samurai I have had a fascination with the samurai of Japan and want to learn
more about them

Its name is Bushido what means the way of the
Warrior-Knight. It originates from the samurai moral code that stresses
frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and even honor unto death the virtues
of bushido in total there are seven virtues of Bushido and they are Rectitude,
Courage, Benevolence, Respect, Honesty, Honor and Loyalty. But what to each of
these values mean to them well rectitude means to be Righteous and for them
courage meant to be brave in battle but to also have courage in making the hard
choices in life. Benevolence was give charity to those who were in need
.Respect they needed to respect those above them those that where there master
Honesty was to never lie. Honor is adherence to what is right and the last is
Loyalty which is meaning they stay loyal to there family friends and finally to
there lord. Samurai were the honored warrior they were men and even woman who
spent there whole life training with a sword and practicing these core values
to fight for there master or lord.

But what would happen if a samurai failed to uphold one of
these codes you ask well if a samurai failed to uphold his honor by breaking
one of the tenets he could only regain his honor by performing seppuku which
means a ritual suicide where they took a short blade, traditionally a tantō,
and plunge it into there abdomen and then moving the blade from left to right
in a slicing motion, then there kaishakunin or also know as the second would
perform a kaishaku with there Katana a cut in which the warrior was decapitated
with part of the skin would still be attached so the head would not go flying
to the officials who were presiding over the execution

Today in Japan you will still find a lot of influence left
behind by the samurai a lot of people still use bushido as a way of living
there life in modern day Japan its funny to think that what most people would
call outdated here in the west is still used today kind of shows you that even
thou its old beliefs there still something that we can live by today. Well here
it is hope you enjoyed this blog post we put together and that maybe you even
learned something from reading it.
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ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of grammar and spelling errors in this post. Other than that, it’s a great post about the samurai code and how they lived their life. I have thought about how many people today would have already performed seppuku due to their breaking of the code. Haha
ReplyDeleteThe samurai was an amazing type of soldier in Japan. There was almost no one who could oppose them. That’s why the Ninja were created. It was originally a group of farmers and peasants who banded together and thought of ways to defeat samurai. The best way was to attack from stealth (Or being unseen) because samurai were so great in one on one (head to head) combat.
-Esteban Rosaly (Group 1)
Hi guys! I want to begin by saying that I like that you chose the Japanese Samurai culture and life philosophies for your blog assignment. When I think of great ancient philosophies, beliefs, cultures they are not first on my list but are undoubtedly a fascinating culture. I give you points for your enthusiasm and your subject matter however, this blog is very difficult to read as it is full of grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. I found loads of run on sentences and missing punctuations as well as unfinished and incomplete thoughts within your sentences. For example, your last paragraph states," Today in Japan you will still find a lot of influence left behind by the samurai a lot of people still use bushido as a way of living there life in modern day Japan its funny to think that what most people would call outdated here in the west is still used today kind of shows you that even thou its old beliefs there still something that we can live by today. Well here it is hope you enjoyed this blog post we put together and that maybe you even learned something from reading it." Note that you have a huge run on sentence, as well as missing words that are necessary to complete your sentence structure, improper sentence structure and use of adjectives.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the informational content of your blog, I found the concept or philosophical code that the samurai adhered to very interesting. The seven virtues of bushido, as you called them, did resonate some very similar characteristics of the medieval Knights code of honor and I liked that you made that comparison. Again though, your sentence structure lacks flow and is extremely confusing. I had to read and re-read your blog numerous times to understand what you were saying.
By: Katie Hernandez
Group 3