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"Like the flowers, we are dying slowly ." Knowing life with every breath, with every cup of tea, with every life we receive "- Bushidō Samurai Codex
In the previous entry devoted to the emerging of new Ronin gam band I brought closer to you, the respectful visitors, the basics of knowledge about the Samurai. Today I go further on the country of the Blossoming Cherry of Feudal era and present another painted hero from the set of North Star Military Miniatures.

        Hatamoto, since I will speak of it today (in Japanese 旗 本) means literally "at the banner" which is often translated as "the standard bearer".
This higher samurai remained in the direct service of the Tokugawa Shōgun in feudal Japan. Although all three siogunas in Japanese history had official vassals, the two earlier were referred to as gokenin. During the Edo hatamoto period they were a larger group of Tokugawa vassals, and the lower gokenin.
The difference between them was based primarily…

"The Gods will always smile upon brave Women"
Ending, for a few entries about the Vikings, I decided to end this triptic (What is it you wish to ask the gods?, When you get frenzy, the thing about Berserkers and Lagertha, the Shieldmaiden) something of a tribute to all the brave and warrior women.

        On the wave of Viking TV series popularity , broadcast on the History channel, great popularity has been won by the nordic adventurers and women warriors, so-called Shieldmaidens, the folklore and the mythology of the Nordic - a woman who had chosen to fight as a warrior.
Examples of shieldmaidens mentioned by name in the Norse sagas include Brynhildr in the Vǫlsunga saga (It is quite possible that the mythical Valkyrie, taking the body of the dead from the battlefield, was modeled on female warriors), Hervor in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, the Brynhildr of the Bósa saga ok Herrauðs, the Swedish princess Thornbjǫrg in Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar and Princess Hed, Visna and Veborg …