The Way of the Brush

Along with the martial arts, many other arts flourished, including calligraphy, tea ceremony, tea bowls, poetry, incense, and Noh drama, and a samurai needed to have knowledge of both the sword and the brush in order to be seen as a cultured gentleman.

Sunny and warm winter day on Feb. 14
With foreign tourists visiting Japan for sightseeing
SAMURAI in the "Battoujutsu" (sword fighting) stance
SAMURAI doing the "Battoujutsu-jutsu⚔" with foreign tourists visiting Japan.

【大阪城 梅林公園】
2024年2/13現在
開花情報：花見にはもう少し

Osaka Castle Umegorin Park
As of 2/13/2024
Flowering information: A little more for flower viewing

Encountering a SAMURAI from overseas with bushido on his back⚔
ここに云葉を入力して奉り候。南蛮からやとはきた背中にもののふ道を宿したでござるSAMURAIに遭遇

Nishijin brocade is a luxury material that has been used for costumes of the upper class, including aristocrats and warriors. This photo book and drawstring bag are carefully woven by craftsmen using Nishijin brocade.
西陣織は、貴族や武士ら上流階級の装束等に使われてきた高級素材です。その西陣織で職人が丹念に織ったフォトブックと巾着袋です。

Honor is more important than SAMURAI
Value Bushido more than SAMURAI
Bow deeper and longer than SAMURAI
A woman from another land
She is a samurai with true bushido

SAMURAIより名誉を大切に
SAMURAIより武士道を大事に
SAMURAIより深く長くお辞儀
する異国の女性
彼女は真の武士道をもった侍だ⚔

SAMURAI offers students on school trips the opportunity to have their photo taken with SAMURAI!
The girls said, "This will be a memorable memory of Sincerity Spring.
They said...
"To the side room!"
But the misunderstanding melted away.
SAMURAIは修学旅行生達にSAMURAIとフォト撮影を
『思い出に⚔誠春の記念に⚔』
との台詞を彼女らは
『側室にぃぃぃ！』
と聞き間違えて逃げ惑ったんだ…しかし誤解が溶けて✧Σ【◎】ω￣*)ﾊﾟｼｬｯ

On the occasion of Hideyoshi's birthday
Forgetting his ingratitude, coveting his personal greed, can you call him a man⚔
Yukimura Sanada at Osaka Castle for a foreigner photo shoot

太閤殿下 秀吉の生誕祭に
『恩義を忘れ、私欲を貪り、人と呼べるか⚔』
真田幸村が大阪城で外国人と撮影

The statue of Lord Hideyoshi at Osaka Castle Toyokuni Shrine, which still watches over Osaka along with Osaka Castle, which enjoyed a period of prosperity. I took a photo shoot with a SAMURAI-loving foreigner on February 6, Hideyoshi's birth anniversary.

【In admiration of the first foreigner who became a Samurai】

Have you ever heard of a samurai named "Yasuke"? About 440 years ago, Yasuke became a vassal under Oda Nobunaga and was later granted samurai status. What is surprising is that he was an exotic man of African origin. Yasuke left his mark on the pages of Japanese history as "the first foreigner to become a samurai.

I, Kohei, will thoroughly train, exercise, and conduct myself through the experience of mastering Bushido. Through these experiences, I will become a SAMURAI Kohei through life and death!

Resignation" means saying goodbye to this world. Therefore, the book written at the time of one's departure from this world is called the "Book of Resignation.
「辞世」とはこの世に別れを告げることです。そのことから、この世の去り際に書き記した書を「辞世の書」といわれています。

Imagine that you are facing death to a female assistant staff member. The last Chinese character left to be written in this world as a calligraphy of resignation.
女性アシスタントスタッフに、死を前にしたことをイメージ。この世に書き残された最後の漢字を辞世の書として

【Dragon】
It is considered a symbol of fertility and prosperity. The dragon is also considered to be a being of wisdom and power, and a symbol of monarchs and heroes.
【龍】
豊穣や繁栄の象徴とされている。 また、龍は知恵と力を兼ね備えた存在とされ、君主や英雄の象徴とも

【Dreams】
is a Chinese character originally meaning "dark" or "not seeing well.
【夢】
とはもともと、「暗い」「よく見えない」という意味を表す漢字です。

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〜Our Staff〜

・Name: Dou Higashiyama
・Job Title : Assistant
・Specialty : Assistant Professional
・About him : Dou Higashiyama is a modern-day samurai who never refuses to accept any kind of reckless work and performs as an assistant.
Higashiyama is aware of his innate "honor" and explains that the first thing a foreigner who aspires to become a samurai should pursue is honor, not skill or knowledge.
・Favorite historical figure : Masayuki Sanada
・Ambition : He wants to go back in time to Keicho 19 (1614) and participate in the Osaka battle as a general on Toyotomi's side to defeat Tokugawa Ieyasu.

この幸村、ただ、命を長らえているだけの処を召し出され、武士としての面目を立てていただいた身。このご恩、土地や金子などに到底変えられない。
“日本の半分をもらっても寝返るつもりはない！”

This Yukimura was summoned to a place where he was simply trying to prolong his life, and was given honor as a samurai. This kindness cannot be replaced by land or money.
I have no intention of switching sides even if I receive half of Japan.

Wabi and sabi are words to appreciate Japanese aesthetic sensibilities, which represents “beauty within simplicity and imperfection.”
わび・さびとは日本人の美的感受性を表す言葉です。不完全や簡素の中にある美しさを見いだします。
It's the beauty we find in imperfection.
それは不完全さの中に美しさを見いだします。
Wabi points to beauty coming from simplicity.
わびとは簡素な中にある美しさのことです。
Sabi represents beauty or serenity that comes with age.
さびは時間が経過した趣のある美や静寂を表します。

~ SAMURAI⚔HONOR Staff ~
These are heretical samurai gathered together so that even foreigners can easily understand and experience ``Bushido,'' which is the crystallization of virtue, pride, and ideals that modern Japanese have lost.

〜SAMURAI⚔HONOR スタッフ〜
現代日本人が失ってしまった美徳、誇り、理想の結晶である「武士道」を外国人でも分かりやすく理解して体験できるよう、集めた異端侍達です。