Kakashi Research Paper

The narrator, Katsu Kokichi, was a low ranking samurai during the end of the Tokugawa Period. He was the youngest out of all his siblings and as a child he ran away from home multiple times. Kokichi told his readers how he had to beg for food and even began to pose as a representative to a feudal lord. The readers learn that he has a wife and children but he often times would beat her and he also never got an official promotion and was forced to obtain a low income by dealing swords, selling protection to shopkeepers, and sometimes using his muscle (getting into fights) and tricking others. In Kokichi’s lifetime, readers see a man whose life was filled with dishonesty, corruption, poverty, blackmail, and even lawbreaking. His story shows the reality of a samurai’s life during the end of the Tokugawa

The varying social interactions between status groups in Katsu Kokichi’s autobiography, Musui’s Story, convey a shift from the hierarchically strict Heian/Kamakura epochs to the more socially open late Tokugawa period. Throughout the work, Katsu illustrates his various dealings and communications with peasants, merchants, artisans and fellow samurai. While in theory a social hierarchy still presided, Musui’s Story dismisses the notion that social groups remained isolated from each other, as in previous Japanese eras, and instead reveals that people of Japan in the late-Tokugawa-era mingled with one another during their lives, regardless of their social status. Considering the

"In the summer of 1911, at age 20, he broke the American 50-yard record by more than a second, and beat the 100-yard world record by more than four seconds" (Duke Kahanamoku | Encyclopedia of Surfing). Duke didn't stop there, in 1920 he went on to set another world record in the 100-meter freestyle (Duke Kahanamoku | Encyclopedia of Surfing). Among many of the unique nicknames that Kahanamoku had aquired throught the years was the "Bronzed Duke" (Duke Kahanamoku | Encyclopedia of Surfing). This may be coincidence and it may not, but it definitely interesting as many, if not all, of the sculptures made in Duke's likeness were casted in

Musui 's Story is a samurai 's autobiography that portrays the Tokugawa society as it was lived during Katsu Kokichi 's life (1802 - 1850). Katsu Kokichi (or Musui) was a man born into a family with hereditary privilege of audience with the shogun, yet he lived a life unworthy of a samurai 's way, running protection racket, cheating, stealing, and lying. Before we discuss how Musui 's lifestyle was against the codes that regulated the behavior of the samurai, it is essential that the role of the samurai in Japanese society be understood.

As part of “Dance Houston 2013”, the “Ndani” was performed on April sixth of the year two thousands and thirteen at the Wortham center. The dance executed by a group of eight young dancers, among which Otis Berry, was choreographed by Shaté Edwards. Miss Edwards has an engaged, skillful, and powerful style. Her background includes jazz, tap, stepping, modern and more. She is a Houston, Texas native, who attended college in Atlanta, Georgia, and has performed a lot in the U.S and China and has participated in numerous productions.

Katsu Kokichi’s autobiography, “Musui’s Story,” documents the life of a samurai in Japan’s late Tokugawa period who adopted the name Musui in his retirement. Katsu is something of a black sheep within his family, being largely uneducated and deemed unfit for the bureaucratic office 's samurai of his standing were expected to hold. As such, he typifies in many ways the lower ronin, or masterless samurai, many of whom famously led roaming, directionless lives and wreaked havoc among the urban poor and merchant classes. The novel addresses the decaying power of samurai throughout the Tokugawa period and depicts their struggle to find purpose. Throughout the story, Katsu is impacted by three interconnected systems of power that impact his life

In the book “The Samurai’s Garden” by Gail Tsukiyama, a common occurrence that appears in the book is comparisons of a certain character to an Samurai. Since even the title refers to Samurai it leaves the reader wondering, “Who is the real Samurai?” The book gives a lot of evidence for people to think that different characters could be the Samurai. The characters that people mainly think are the “real” Samurai are the main three characters, Stephen, Matsu, and Sachi. All of them carry traits of a Samurai, but at the same time there’s plenty of things to disprove most of them as being the Samurai. In the book Sachi does overcome a tragedy in her life that a lot of people would struggle with but

David Jon Kassan means by saying “drawing the eye without drawing the eye” that he doesn’t start drawing the eyes with lines. Instead, he starts the eye with dark shadows of the eye to set the shape of the eye. I think the process of going from basic to the specific details is an interesting way to draw the eye. Using charcoals, in general, is challenging because it’s not easy to lighten an area once the area is dark. For example, when I use charcoal I start first with the dark areas or shadows and after that, I go to the lighter area of the figure. David Kassan used a white chalk pencil that helped him with the lighter details which helped his because the pencil was not powdery so it did not smudge. I think the process worked nicely for him

A little over two years ago Colin Kapernick the free agent quarterback whom once held a starting position as the quarterback for the San Francisco Forty-Niners began kneeling on one knee during the National Anthem played prior to the kickoff of every game. His reason in taking such measure for doing what he was doing was due to the injustice that was carried out on the way that Black American males have been treated in the United States of America. Ever since the slaying of unarmed Michael Brown, a young black male whom was gunned down whilst being unarmed in Ferguson, Missouri by a white police officer, no charges were filed. Even so following the death of Brown there has been numerous amounts of black males in America that were gunned down

David Njoka is a tight end for the Cleveland Browns. Almost everyone who has played with him knows him as the freak. It’s not because he is weird or anything like that, but Njoku is just more athletic than anyone has ever seen. He has an amazing ability to jump sky high. In college he was on the track team along with football. At track he was highly know for his jumping abilities. So when it came to football he used that ability to leap over defenders to score touchdowns. In the Miami Herald they called him a “ leaping, pass-catching freak.” When Njoku was in high school he became a champion jumper. At the New Balance nationals he won high jump with a leap of six foot eleven inches. His personal best is seven foot one inch. So when it comes

12 days have gone by from the start of free agency and Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned. Spike Lee believes the fact that Kaepernick, who has played for the 49ers since 2011, is unsigned "smells mad fishy." There are more than a few people who believe Kaepernick’s lack of a contract is a grand NFL conspiracy and Kaepernick is being blackballed for his National Anthem protests last season. Any front-office conversation about Kaepernick must to begin with his poor play, he also showed some flashes of the player he once was last year, but nowhere near enough to override all the bad film he’s amassed in the last two seasons.

Kamehameha was a furious warrior from the day he born because before he was born, kamehameha’s mom had a craving for a tiger sharks eye. He was trained as an ali’i in combat and strategies in warfare by Kekuhaupio his trainer. Kalaniopuu was his uncle and the ali’i of hawaii, he gave kamehameha the task of being the keeper of Ku the god of warfare before he died. Kamehameha is a very respected person because he was the first Hawaiian person to conquer all the Hawaiian islands and unite them. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was responsible and cared for his people.

Hello, my name is Mariko Makishi. I am a second year student in Linn Benton Community College.

One of the principal features in three of the members of the Sasaki family (Ryuhei, Megumi, and Takashi) is the tendency to believe that they live stable lives. The moment when Ryhei's superior asks him "What are you good at?" marks an important event in the character's development. He cannot respond because he is completely puzzled by the question and he discovers that a person cannot be certain in regard to his or her future. He believes that his family shares his feelings and is reluctant to tell them about his problem in an attempt to protect them. However, the moment his wife finds out that he took up a job as a janitor proves to be too much for her and she comes to perform a series of acts that practically contrast her behavior previous to this event. She does not hesitate to accompany a robber in his quest to recover from a financial impasse

Located at the base of Mt. Fuji, Aokigahara is perhaps the most infamous forest in all of Japan.“Also known as the Sea of Trees, Suicide Forest, and Japan's Demon Forest, Aokigahara has been home to over 500 confirmed suicides since the 1950s”. The Aokigahara forest has a horrifying history, a variety of different people who visit, also locals and workers have it worse than people think.