Daibutsu, Kamakura
Daibutsu in Kamakura, June 2010. There were thousands of school kids visiting that day. It was still great fun.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Shogun-ki: Samurai and Death in Battle - A Translation
Shogun-ki: Samurai and Death in Battle - A Translation: "As another translation, I've (Kitsuno from Shogun-ki) picked out a section of a book called '日本の歴史・合戦のおもしろ話' (Japanese History - Interesting Tales of Battle). This translation deals with Samurai and death in battle. Everyone likes to think that Samurai were in love with the idea of death in battle and that they had no fear of death. Japanese historian Owada Tetsuo gives a much more reasonable explanation, which I hope everyone finds enlightening. This is the first of two sections I'll be translating. Due to the vague nature of Japanese, I've added some slight exposition here and there to clarify, but otherwise it is a direct translation."
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It's been a long time... good to hear from you again, and waiting for more posts!
ReplyDeleteYep, sorry. Not much time anymore. Not sure I will be able to post much. We'll see.
ReplyDeleteYay! You're back!!! :)
ReplyDeleteToo bad you're so busy. You could play with us in the Show Me Japan meme. :(
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ReplyDeleteOpps. Work and family. I still visit your blog though.
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ReplyDeleteYeah - tell me about it... my work load's starting to mount up BIGTIME. Family's always take time, and you always need to make time for them.
ReplyDeleteI'm also struggling these days, which is a shame as blogging is one of my forms of relaxation.
Hope the workload drops (or at least levels off), and that at least the family time is a time to unwind.