Roving Ronin Report

tales of a vagabond

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Fashion from Japan’s Taisho Period (1912-1926)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUCv7axKJkE

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Kabuki and Night Festival - Chichibu Yomatsuri

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47 Ronin Festival in the hometown of the ronin - Ako in Hyogo Prefecture

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Armored samurai firing replicas of 16th Century matchlock guns known as teppo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VtjrYsrJlk

[ronindave]

Part 1 of a lengthy historical discussion of the famous 47 Ronin Incident (not the film) where 47 masterless samurai enacted revenge on their late master’s enemy on December 14, 1702.

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Samurai!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAL_8kPLLpk

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Japanese Lady Traveller of the Past at Oguri Hangan Samurai Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAL_8kPLLpk

[inefekt69]

Hokan-ji - Kyoto, Japan

[marilyn-monroe-collection]

Marilyn Monroe in Japan, 1954.

[ronindave]

Samurai and Ninja fight at a Samurai Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JG3E-73KME

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Japanese High School Archers in Samurai Armor at a Samurai Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JG3E-73KME

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Tall Japanese Float depicting a Traditional Hunter at Goshogawara’s Tachi Neputa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-kK6S-IVQg

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Samurai Swordfighting in Armor 

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Pikotaro Hagoita - hagoita are Japanese New Year Paddle decorations depicting characters from Kabuki and modern celebrities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGD5wotEiAQ

[ronindave]

Japanese Festival based on an ancient legend of a woman who turns into a fiery serpent and pursues the man who denied her love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giE2h0Wm_uY

[ronindave]

Sumo Champion Hakuho throwing salt to purify the ring before his match at an outdoor sumo event in Tokyo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2i841E1DFQ

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Yabusame - Japanese Horseback Archery. Archer scores a hit.

https://youtu.be/Sc7dYA9Vo4U?t=38s