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They say he possesses what the Japanese samurai called bushi no nasake, the tenderness of a warrior. '
The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983
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It dances Kuroda-bushi, which is a folk song from Fukuoka, Kyushu.
Japundit - Published news Japan_Style 2010
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It dances Kuroda-bushi, which is a folk song from Fukuoka, Kyushu.
Japundit - Published news Japan_Style 2010
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It dances Kuroda-bushi, which is a folk song from Fukuoka, Kyushu.
Japundit - Published news Japan_Style 2010
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History is silent as to the exact date when the term "bushi" came into use, but from a very early era its Japanese equivalent, "monono-fu," was applied to the guards of the sovereign's palace, and when great provincial magnates began, about the tenth century, to support a number of armed retainers, these gradually came to be distinguished as bushi.
A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886
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Next came the "bushi" of shogun, daimyo and layers of feudal lords whose rank was indicated by their closeness to the Tokugawa.
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In 2005, he and a colleague named three new species of beetle after President George W. Bush and two members of his administration: Agathidium bushi , A. cheneyi and A. rumsfeldi .
The Fungus Among Us Multiplies As Mycological Taxonomists Wither Gautam Naik 2011
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Irezumi tattoos were given to cultural heroes in Japan: bushi, firefighters (for luck and protection) and beloved bodyguards.
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Known as a master of tokiwazu bushi, a Japanese song featured in Kabuki plays, she published her autobiography two years ago.
Autopsy Disclosed 2008
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But the crowning touch that I recently came up with was to add a spoonful of katsuo bushi shavings, which is unsalted smoked fish that kind of looks like sawdust but smells really good.
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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