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the Underground Samuraihood
- Kamikaze,
the Flying Samurai
- Ainu, the
Forgotten Natives of Japan
- The
Shield Society
- The Japanese
Self-Defense Forces
- Ukiyo:
the Fleeting World, the Floating World, the Samurai's view of Life
(Death)
- Meanings
of the Japanese Flowers & the Samurai Flowers
- Yamabushi,
the Japanese Demon-Slayers (For Real)
- History of
Japanese Portrait Paintings
- What Has
Always Been Mistaken For 'Japanese Toys & Decorations'
- Japanese
Folklore, Crafts & Geisha
- Meanings
of Japanese Names, Nicknames & Titles
- How the
Japanese Name Themselves
- History
of Japanese Clothes
- Kimono
Culture
- Complete
History of Japanese Geisha
- The Truth
About Samurai & Calligraphy
- 3 Most-Famous
Samurai Concubines
- Real Swordsmakers
Today
- History of
Japanese Paper & Books
- Complete
Japanese Warrior Codes
- Structure
of Japanese Feudal Society
- Rulers
of Japan since 660 B.C. until today
- Shoguns
for Dummies
- The
Japanese Greatest Warrior Clans
- Cities
of Japanese Warlords
- Origins
of Japanese Music, Songs, Dramas & Dance
- Weird
snapshots, strange truths, odd realities & wacky info about
Japan: Superstitions, Foxes, 'Voodoo', Shamans, Shogunal Food, etc.
- Real
Samurai Legends
- Bushido
- Samurai
is identical with swords, right? WRONG.
- Japanese
Swords, Swordsmaking & Swordsplay
- What You'd
Need To Be a Warlord & How To Do War in Medieval Japan
- Japanese
Architecture & Interior Designs
- Japanese
Warlords' Money
- Japanese
16th century Warlords
- Management
of a Warlord's Household
- Japanese
Samurai Wars
- Origins
of Samurai Habits
- Maps of
All Japanese Provinces, Warlords & Battles
- Premodern
Japan: Real-Life in Emperor Meiji's World
- Japanese Warrior Codes & Samurai Beliefs
- Many traditions
that we assume to be Japanese are actually imported from China:
kanji, Buddhism, ikebana, bonsai, tea ceremony, and so on -- even
sushi and Shinto. No kidding.
- History
of Japanese Dolls & Origami
- Family
Crests of Japanese Samurai Clan
- All &
Everything about Oda Nobunaga
- Shinsengumi, a.k.a the Wolves of Mibu,
alias the Real Last Samurai
- Zen &
How It Shaped the Samurai Soul
- Best
Asian Movies
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Actors
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& Galleries of Japanese Comics & Anime Movies
- Christian Warlords, Samurai & Rebels
- Architectural
Tour of Japan: Pictures of Japanese cities, towns, houses, castles,
streets, roads, back alleys, shops, temples, shrines, palaces, resorts,
villages, gardens, bridges, arcades, hotels, gates, malls, etc.
- Japanese
'Flower Language': How To Avoid Sending the Wrong Bouquet to the
Japanese in Your Life
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The
picture above shows the cenotaphs of the Taira clansmen in Kyoto in
2002. Somehow they had continuously been beaten by the Minamotos for
the last thousand of years, despite the rise of their offspring Oda
Nobunaga in 1560. Foreign fans can be found loitering at the Minamotos'
graveyard in Kamakura -- but the Tairas rarely got a symphatetic stranger
visiting them.
TAIRA
VERSUS MINAMOTO CLAN
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