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Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai (1999)

Forest Whitaker Characters: Ghost Dog Film: Ghost Dog: Way Of The Samurai (USA/FR/DE/JP 1999) Director: Jim Jarmusch 19 May 1999 Date: 19 May 1999

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Le Samourai - film (1967)

Alain Delon Characters: Jef Costello Film: Le Samourai; Le Samurai (Le samoura

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Le Samourai - film (1967)

Alain Delon Characters: Jef Costello Film: Le Samourai; Le Samurai (Le samoura

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Le Samourai - film (1967)

Alain Delon Characters: Jef Costello Film: Le Samourai; Le Samurai (Le samoura

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Takeda Shingen (1521-1573) - Military Leader

Takeda Shingen (1521-1573) - a pre-eminent daimyo in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period. Date: circa 1570

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MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE

MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE RYUICHI SAKAMOTO MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Date: 1983

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Photo of feudal warrior likely taken by John Manjiro: researcher

Akiyoshi Tani, a specialist at the University of Tokyo's Historiographical Institute, explains in Kochi, western Japan, on March 13, 2015, his research results that show a portrait photo of the Tosa domain's reform-minded "samurai" warrior Yoshida Toyo was likely taken by John Manjiro in 1861 in Edo, today's Tokyo. The photo was one of the first wet collodion process photography shots in Japan. Manjiro was the first Japanese known to have studied in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A samurai warrior and his servant

This is one of the photographs in the album by Kashima Seibei. Although the English caption reads Samurai and Servant, this is a staged photograph of a samurai in official clothes. The child is pretending to be his servant. It looks very artificial.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐18‐0]

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A samurai warrior wearing hakama trousers

This is a photograph from an album by Farsari & Co. Entitled SAMURAI, it was staged with a man wearing a kamishimo vest and hakama trousers. He carries a samurai's big and small swords and holds a fan in his hand. The scene is altogether artificial.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number82‐60‐0]

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Samurai warriors

This photograph of two samurai comes from the album Views & Costumes by Stillfried & Andersen. The backdrop belongs to Stillfried's studio. Both samurai are wearing official hakama trousers and vests with family crests. The man on the left is wearing high geta clogs for rainy weather.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐70‐0]

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A samurai warrior

This is the same as photograph #3084 but comes from the 1876 album of Stillfried. A comparison of the two photographs reveals that the hakama trousers are green in 3084 and red in this photograph, while the kimono is red in 3084 but purple in this one. It is interesting to see the differences in colouring.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐21‐0]

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A bronze statue

This is the statue of Ii Naosuke in ceremonial dress. Ii signed the five amity and commerce treaties with the U.S.A. and other countries in 1858 but was later assassinated in Tokyo. The copper statue was made by Fujita Bunzo and Okazaki Sessei and placed at Shokonsha in Hikone in 1910. The original statue shown in this photograph was donated to the country for scrap metal during World War II. It was rebuilt in Ninomaru Park at Hikone Castle.==Date:unknown, Place:Hikone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐151‐0]

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A samurai warrior in travelling gear

This is one of the loose photographs from a Yokohama album. It shows a samurai in travelling clothes but seems to have been staged with the help of a Kabuki actor. The man is wearing too many layers of kimono to be a traveller.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐41‐0]

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A samurai warrior

This is a studio photograph of a samurai wearing a haori jacket (with a family crest) and hakama pants. Japan 1881 is penciled in. The backdrop suggests that it is from the Stillfried album. The samurai may be holding an imitation wooden sword. He also has a fan in his hand. On the back of the photograph is a photograph of Alexandria by Felix Bonfils.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number63‐6‐0]

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A samurai warrior of old days

The caption reads Ancient Times Officer. This is a staged photograph of a Heian Period aristocrat wearing the ritual clothes of royalty. It is unnatural for a woman to be holding the sword. A single photograph. Photographer unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐118‐0]

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Painting of a tycoon and his wife

A portrait of the shogun in formal attire wearing eboshi (head gear worn by nobles in court dress) and kariginu (silk garment worn traditionally by nobles or court officials) and his wife wearing a long overgarment and hair done in Japanese style.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐44‐0]