a short sword made by a master craftsman of the Kamakura Period (1185-1333); and a ceremonial dagger of the Imperial Government Railways from the Meiji Era (1868-1912). In total, 31 Japanese ...

The process of modernization and how a country becomes a modern nation. Continuities in this transition such as: Proto-industrialization in the Tokugawa era sets the stage for Meiji industrial ...

A tense moment passes, and the dark-haired samurai finally topples, sword broken and gashed down ... Now we jump forward to 1879, the 12th year of the Meiji Era, where Western influence has ...

The story follows a disillusioned American soldier who, while training the Japanese army during the Meiji Restoration ... the film romanticised the samurai era and presented an inaccurate ...