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Nagoya Castle

Posted by on Friday, August 30, 2019, In : Photography

Nagoya Castle, home and possibly the birth place of Oda Nobunaga which was later restored by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Source: wikipedia.org

Nagasaki Magistrate

Posted by on Friday, January 15, 2016, In : Photography

Samurai magistrate from Nagasaki (c.1863).

Source: ameblo.jp
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Gret Scott - Samurai Judoka

Posted by on Saturday, December 26, 2015, In : Photography

Photo taken by Rosemary Matthews in 1958 of Gret Scott, a 24 year old Judo instructor at the Penge Academy of Judo and at the time, Britain's only female exponent of Kendo. In this picture, Scott is seen cleaning her 300 year old samurai sword.

Source: gettyimages.co.uk

Samurai in Armour

Posted by on Thursday, November 19, 2015, In : Photography

Samurai warriors (1870) wearing kusari katabira (chain armour jackets), kusari zunin (chain armour hoods) and hachi gane (forehead protectors) while holding naginata (pole weapon with blade attached).

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Samurai at the Sphinx

Posted by on Thursday, May 15, 2014, In : Photography

In 1864, a group of samurai diplomats travelled to France in order to negotiate for the renewed isolation of Japan, a mission that was destined to fail. En route, they visited Egypt and posed for a photographer to produce this unique picture of a group of samurai warriors in full gear, standing in front of the Giza Sphinx.

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