I was in Japan last week and had the opportunity to make up the element I missed several weeks ago on Saturday on Classical Japan and Samurai.
Here is the link to my web report: Byakkotai
I thought it was interesting that the late Tokugawa-Era teacher who started the school that the boys attended so overtly stressed Confucius that there was a giant statue of him at the school. Talk about pushing duty.
A tragic piece, but also an uplifting one, maybe.[Edit by="vortiz on Apr 9, 9:22:10 PM"][/Edit]
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