Daimyo came under the centralizing influence of the Tokugawa shogunate in two chief ways. In a sophisticated form of hostage-taking that was used by the shogunate, the daimyo were required to alternate their residence between their domains and the shogun’s court at Edo (now Tokyo) in a system called sankin kōtai.

From the twelfth century until the nineteenth century, Japan was a feudal society controlled by a powerful ruler, called a shogun. The shogun maintained power over his large territory. The daimyo (a Japanese word meaning “great names”) were feudal landowners equivalent to medieval European lords.

A daimyo was a feudal lord in shogunal Japan from the 12th century to the 19th century. The daimyos were large landowners and vassals of the shogun. Each daimyo hired an army of samurai warriors to protect his family’s lives and property.

Samurai were hired to defend the daimyo and their property. 3b) How did the daimyo help weaken the shoguns? Daimyo fought to break free of the shogun’s rule because they felt that the shogun didn’t give enough credit for their help defending Japan from the Mongols.

* Pure Land Buddhism was popular with common people because it didn’t require any special rituals and chanted Buddha’s name over and over to reach an enlightened stage.

Bushido was the samurai code of rules which meant ” the way of the warrior” and samurai were expected to live by its rules. You just studied 30 terms!

Japan’s era of shoguns and samurai is long over, but the country does have one, or maybe two, surviving ninjas. Experts in the dark arts of espionage and silent assassination, ninjas passed skills from father to son – but today’s say they will be the last. Ninjas were also famed swordsmen.

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Geisha (芸者) (/ˈɡeɪʃə/; Japanese: [ɡeːɕa]), also known as geiko (芸子) (in Kyoto and Kanazawa) or geigi (芸妓) are a class of female Japanese performance artists and entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performing arts styles, such as dance, music and singing, as well as being proficient conversationalists and hosts …

Jinichi Kawakami

While there is an international martial arts organization representing several modern styles of ninjutsu, the historical lineage of these styles is disputed. Some schools claim to be the only legitimate heir of the art, but ninjutsu is not centralized like modernized martial arts such as judo or karate.

There are still students training in the 49 ninjutsu schools in Japan today. But 67-year old Jinichi Kawakami, who is known as “Japan’s last real ninja,” laments that their skills such as vanishing in a cloud of smoke or blade-throwing have no real utility in modern life.

A kunoichi (Japanese: くノ一) is a female ninja or practitioner of ninjutsu (ninpo).

No wonder a Ninja has won the World Superbike crown six years in a row and no wonder the 2021 Ninja ZX-10R and ZX-10RR wear Kawasaki’s prestigious river mark emblem. Kawasaki has changed the face of superbike racing with the Ninja – with new features and a brand-new look Kawasaki now says #FaceYourself.

Mizu gumo (Japanese: 水蜘蛛, lit. ‘water spider’) was a water crossing device used by ninja. In an episode of MythBusters, another mizu gumo made of wood and rope which was attached to the feet was tested. This was deemed to be ‘busted’ for walking on water, though possibly effective for rice paddies or marshy areas.

“A common misconception is that ninja are only japanese. In fact, equivalents existed in East Asian cultures; China, Korea, and Japan. Ninja are, in fact, their own ethnicity.” However, its has been decided that no one gives a flying rat’s ass, as Pirates PWN ninjas.

How to be a ninja: a 5-step guide

1. Use information wisely. Ninjas should be able to obtain information quickly, analyse it and turn it into knowledge – in short, a ninja should be an information specialist.
2. Train both body and soul. Ninjas need strong bodies and strong souls.
3. Learn the knowledge in nature.
4. Learn a variety of skills.
5. Communicate well.