samurai religion [Archive]

airfix2003

Sep 6, 2003, 19:12

hi can anybody please tell me which religion the samurai practiced.the reason for htis is that i am decorating my flat in the desighn and whant to make sure i do it correctley.

many thanks

Himura

Sep 6, 2003, 23:29

Most samurai, I think, where Shintou. Before an important battle they prayed to "Hachiman", the God of war. ^^

airfix2003

Sep 7, 2003, 00:30

thank you for this it is of great help to me.can anybody tell me if there is a statue if the god af war and where i can find out more information on this.

Mandylion

Sep 7, 2003, 12:31

Depending on the time period, a lot of samurai subscribed to Zen Buddhism as well. I am intrigued by your decoration efforts. Do you mean one corner of your flat with perhaps a scroll? If you are going for samurai living quarters, your decore will be very spartan in nature.

airfix2003

Sep 7, 2003, 18:24

hi and thankyou it is one part of my flat mainly the entrance area up the stairs and the hall way where i would like to plaace a type of shrine in one part of the hall way where the 3 doors to other rooms meet.any suggestions on this would be gratefully received

Himura

Sep 7, 2003, 19:46

This link is with (cool but expensive) wallscrolls: http://www.samurai-store.com/wall/index.html
:cool:

airfix2003

Sep 7, 2003, 21:19

thankyou fro your help i am also looking for phrases that i can paint on the wall if any body can help with this it would be great.

Hoyu

Sep 23, 2003, 10:22

You could paint this Samurai Kanji on your wall:

http://prodtn.cafepress.com/6/4794976_F_tn.jpg

Or you could paint this Zen Kanji on your wall:

http://prodtn.cafepress.com/0/4801340_F_tn.jpg

Or you could paint them both on your wall to say "Samurai Zen"

http://prodtn.cafepress.com/6/4962036_F_tn.jpghttp://prodtn.cafepress.com/4/4985184_F_tn.jpg

In Gassho, Kakuzen

Himura

Sep 24, 2003, 07:44

Get a statue of "Hachiman", shintou-god of war^^ :cool:

jigen

Sep 25, 2003, 08:45

on the other hand in the meiji restauration shintoism has been stressed as the emperors (the native) religion- so that it could be supposed that buddhism was quite strong under the edo bakufu as well....

samuraitora

Oct 30, 2003, 03:24

The 2 main religions of that time are still the 2 main religions of Japan. Shinto and Buddhism. Most likely they were one of the 2.

Mandylion

Oct 30, 2003, 09:29

More likely both of them at the same time.

samuraitora

Oct 30, 2003, 22:12

Good point Mandylion-san. There has always been a good mixing of the 2 religions in most Japanese families, especially back then.

Mandylion

Oct 31, 2003, 08:54

Kind of nice like that isn't it?

samuraitora

Nov 4, 2003, 21:50

They are a good balance for each other, well, from what I know of either of them. I need to find a good thread in the archives. Moyashi-sensei posted something great about a year ago...I will try to find it and revive it.

samuraitora

Nov 4, 2003, 21:53

yup...go look on page 3 of this thread. Good articles.