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 * Medeval Japan:warriors and weapons **

** Tommy Hosbach  **

** Reading language arts 289, Semester 4, class 7-8  ** ** Mr. Schoch  ** ** June 7, 2012  **


 * What do you think of when someone says medieval japan? Probably ninja and ninja stars, right. Its pretty cool that medieval Japan actually has a meaning, it means “name of the rising sun”. Its location in the world is in japan. The time period of medieval japan was in 3 sections called the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Momoyama. Beginning with the Kamakura through the mid-19th century, military rulers governed Japan. During the Muromachi and Momoyama, the feudal structure concentrated wealth, culture, and power in the hands of feudal lords called daimyo. The medieval japanese are mostly remembered for their food and armor and weapons and lots of other things. **
 * The japanese had lots of weapons but I chose the main ones. One is the katana it was the the primary weapon of the samurai. To present the katana is approx. 60–73 cm (23 1/2–28 1/2 in.) [|http://www.sharpblades.net/] Chigiriki is a chain weapon which is probably the third most used weapon. The wakizashi has a **
 * blade between 30 and [[image:https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/2mqAXlN6U4eJ7Lp8zOye1P44wstvvblNKIgmVKqrTQw06zwChvHTHIy_gikuXM-oa0VW_9JLsDQSz2yGBkNuX9UDfWORuXIPmCny4TUS3MnVRaEDzV8 width="226px;" height="358px;"]] **


 * The samurai also had to have armour right? Of course. Do, It was the most important to them because it was their chest protectors with would not let the katana. Another important piece of armor is the mempo which protects their face(A short history of japanese armour pg 26). Haidate was the leggings of the samurai. It was also very important to them. (A short history of japanese armour pg 26). Those were the three main armors of the **
 * medieval japanese. **
 * If you did something bad you would get tortured A favorite among the Japanese was water torture. They would insert a tube into the belly button of a stomach to bloat the belly with water. Then they would kick it until it basically explodes. Another torture method was the cat's paw, a way to skin the victim alive. Lastly the rack was used to slowly extend the victim until the arms and legs were pulled from the joints. I know all those would all hurt like **
 * crazy. **
 * Medieval japan was a very interesting time period. It had 3 sections t he Kamakura, Muromachi, and Momoyama (. I thought it was very cool learning about Medieval Japanese warriors and weapons and even the torture. I did find that disgusting and so did other people. **

** Glossary  **


 * Kamakura- time period from(1185-1333) **
 * Muromachi- time period from(1336-1573) **
 * Momoyama-time period from(1568-1603) **

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** Works Cited  **
 * "All about the Katana Sword." Authentic Japanese Samurai Swords Samurai Warriors Katana Ninja Swords. Web. 25 May 2012. . **
 * "Category:Chain Weapons of Japan." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 04 Oct. 2012. Web. 25 May 2012. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chain_weapons_of_Japan> **
 * "Category:Chain Weapons of Japan." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 04 Oct. 2012. Web. 25 May 2012. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chain_weapons_of_Japan> **
 * Cummings, Tucker. "The History of Japanese Medieval Food." EHow. Demand Media, 04 Sept. 2009. Web. 25 May 2012. . **
 * Hall, John Whitney, Jeffrey P. Mass, and David L. Davis. Medieval Japan; Essays in Institutional History,. New Haven: Yale UP, 1974. **
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