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The sacrifices of a samurai were not easy. They gave up their own lives to serve the lives of their masters. By doing so, they would miss major achievements of their own children and were just a thought or memory to friends and families. Samurais had to face the toughest training and endured gruesome battles. At the same time, about 4,200 miles away (6,772 km), European knights were doing the same. In medieval times, the toughest warriors arose from the dirt that made up Europe and Japan. Knights from Europe and samurais from Japan were unstoppable. Each group had strength, courage and loyalty, they were the best soldiers of their time. In medieval Europe and Japan, knights and samurais were alike due to their training styles, social structure, …show more content…

The training knights and samurais endured had many fundamental similarities. Of these, one of the main ones was that training began at a young age. School samurais consisted of a unique combination of physical training, poetry, and spiritual discipline. They studied Zen Buddhism, Kendo (fencing with Bamboo sticks), and the samurai code. (Document C). Knights schooling also started as early as age four and the teachings were of horse-riding, religious instruction and practiced with blunted or wooden swords. (Document C). At age 13 a trainee officially became a samurai and knights became squires, the next level of training for knights. This illustrates that both followed the same aspects of training and the fact each warrior moved up around the same …show more content…

The samurais had to follow ‘The Code of Bushido’. In the code it states that all samurais had to stay loyal to his master at all times. If family plans happened to cross with serving loyalty to his master, the samurai had to do his job, and serve his master. The other part of the Bushido says that one that follows this way must stay in a peaceful state at all times. If any warrior broke these rules, he is not allowed to serve any battles but he has to keep peace in his heart. (Document E). Parallel to this, knights follow a code called, ‘The Code of Chivalry’. In this code, the knight has to be loyal to the king, give mercy to all and live a well-rounded life all together. Meaning, he must be kind and respectful to ladies and must serve his king with a great deal of loyalty. Breaking this code was a huge disgrace to any knight. (Document E). Adding to that, there was no legal binding for the code in Europe, unlike Japan whose code was legal. Each party, Europe and Japan, did serve it’s leader for the longest they could. The samurai's loyalty lasted all three of his lives, his past life, his current life and his after life. (Document B). Knights and samurais both had to follow the rules of these codes and both served great loyalty, making their lives similar to each

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here are many similarities between the Samurai of medieval japan and the knights of medieval europe, especially considering their training, armor, and codes. For example, Documents A and B discuss how they both started training during childhood, how at age 14 they both progressed to the next level, and that the Samurai and Knights trained with some type of stick. However, the Samurai used bamboo sticks to train when the Knights used wooden sticks, and the Samurai were trained to fight on their feet but the Knights were trained to learn to fight and ride on a pony, and the Samurai were influenced by Zen Buddhism but the Knights were influenced by Christianity. According to Doucement A, “ At about 14 the trainees officially became samurai in

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There were many similarities and differences between Samurai and Knights, but I believe that the differences are greater than the similarities, in other other words I believe that there are more similarities than differences. The Samurai were honorable warriors in Japan that were loyal to his Daimyos. The Knights were honorable warriors in Europe who were loyal to his lord. I’m going to analyze documents related to social position, training and armor, and their beliefs. To better determine if the differences are greater than the similarities.

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In Document C1, which was adapted from Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire, it says that children began training to become samurai by learning swordsmanship through fencing with bamboo sticks, which is also known as the art of Kendo. Since the samurai had practiced wielding a sword and fighting with longer than the knight, if the battle had devolved into a sword fight, the samurai would be the victor. It also says that in the same document that, “In their schooling they had physical training.” On the flipside, the knights had not received as harsh training as the samurai, mainly being a squire for a knight and learning from them, and squires were much older than the samurai-in-training who were children. And while the knights did start their training at 4 and 5, the beginning of their training focused on riding a horse (which also had to wear armor because of ranged weapons, meaning that even the horse was slow).

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Medieval European Knights followed the code of chivalry which states that they must fight justly and be gracious. They would train from the age of 7 as a page, then as a squire at the age of 14. Finally they would become a knight at 21. Samurai, on the other hand, would go to training schools if they were rich but if they were not, they would be trained by their families. Their code was Bushido, which literally means ‘way of the warrior’.

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Knights and samurai were similar because of their path to becoming a samurai or a knight. As it shows in Document C [Adapted from, PBS series “Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire”2004] and [Adapted from the PBS series “Warrior Challenge,”2003] it shows how “At about age 14 the trainees officially became samurai in a ceremony

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Samurais and knights The samurais and the knights have a lot of differences, but they also have a lot in common. This was going on during the medieval time. It was going on between the samurais and the knights. It was going on in two places, in japan and in europe. Were similarities between the samurais and the knights were greater than the differences.

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Tokugawa Japan + Medieval Europe Medieval Europe and Tokugawa Japan lived in seclusion to each other, and yet there were many uncanny similarities between Tokugawa Japan and Medieval Europe. In Medieval Europe there were many key features of the social system that were introduced at the time. The social system of Medieval Europe was called Feudalism. Feudalism puts the King in charge of everything and everyone, with barons and nobles underneath him. The nobles provide loyalty and knights to the king in return for land to control.

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The societies of Tokugawa Japan (c.1603-1867C.E.) and medieval Europe (c.1000-1500C.E.) had two things in common; a feudal system. A feudal system is something that features hierarchies or social structures. The feudal system normally starts with a religion, which is at the very top of the social pyramid, then it’s the King or monarch for Europe and the shogun for Japan, then there are the nobles for Europe and the daimyos for Japan. As we go down the pyramid there are the warriors, like the knight in Europe and the samurai in Japan, then there are the peasants. The peasants were included in both eras and are at the lowest part of the pyramid.

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From the Kamakura Period of the late twelfth century to the Meiji Restoration in the nineteenth century, the samurai have held prominent positions as noble warriors in Japanese society. They have come to be famous in modern, Western pop culture as the fierce, stoic guards of feudal Japan, but their practices and rituals extended beyond wielding katanas and donning impressive armor. Samurai practices were rich and complex, with strict codes, ritual suicide, and a history of influencing culture and politics (“Samurai”). Samurai code was influenced by traditional Japanese culture, Zen Buddhism, and Confucianism. Bushido, or “Way of the Warrior,” was the code of conduct the samurai class were expected to uphold.

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Moreover, what really interest me in the Samurai is their way of life, codes and the appreciation of others. Throughout my research process I found out that the Samurai woman played a huge part in combat during wars, also she was called “Onna Bugeisha” and they usually used the naginata weapon in the battle. The Samurai’s armor was designed in a way that allows them to move freely during the battle, also it was interesting to know that the samurai were very open to the idea of Homosexuality as they accepted a relationship between the same sex in their culture and it was considered extremely normal. Also in some movies that were made about the samurai , they didn’t mention that as it’s considered as a shame nowadays. The idea of a Western Samurai made me very interested in the samurai, that’s when I saw “The last samurai” movie by Tom Cruise as it showed that any one can join the samurai and have the honor of fighting along them side by side becoming one of them and have that special honor by respecting their code and having a samurai name.

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