He then produced a number of actor and warrior prints, along with theatre programmes, and other such materials.

Landscape prints and musha-e ( samurai warrior prints ) by Kunisada are rare, and only about 100 designs in each of these genres are known.

It is said that Kuniyoshi was impressed, at an early age of seven or eight, by ukiyo-e warrior prints, and by pictures of artisans and commoners ( as depicted in craftsmen manuals ), and it is possible these influenced his own later prints. A painting of the arhat Handaka by Utagawa Kuniyoshi ( British Museum )

The Suikoden series became extremely popular in Edo, and the demand for Kuniyoshi ’ s warrior prints increased, gaining him entrance into the major ukiyō-e and literary circles.

He continued to produce warrior prints, drawing much of his subjects from war tales such as Tale of the Heike ( Heikei monogatari ) and The rise and fall of the Minamoto and the Taira ( Genpei seisuki ).

Later artists in the school specialized in other genres, such as warrior prints and mythic parodies.

Many academic references and documented existing examples of this particular weapon are associated with the sōhei or yamabushi ( warrior monks ), who also adapt other agricultural tools as weapons although samurai are also pictured as using ono in wood block prints.

Many storytellers and printmakers have portrayed her in their works, including Kuniyoshi, who produced a series of warrior women prints.

This warrior nobility were given exclusive rights to land, each with glebae adscripti ( peasants tied to the land ).

It was this extensive samurai ( noble warrior class ) population which defined the character of Edo, particularly in contrast to the two major cities of Kyoto and Osaka ( neither of which were ruled by a daimyō or had a significant samurai population ).

Ancient Greeks were among the first civilizations to use symbols consistently in order to identify a warrior, clan or a state.

These were given to the captains directly by the Emperor to reward their efforts in the conquests, and they in turn were to grant benefices to their warrior contingents, who were a mix of free and unfree men.

As with many European national movements which served as an example to the founders of Zionism, ancient Jewish warriors in general and warrior kings in particular were often regarded positively.

The negotiations themselves are seen through the memory of three who were there: a warrior who could hear the debates but not see it from his hiding place in the floor of the house, a young boy who could see the action but not hear it from his perch in the tree outside, and the boy as an old man recalling that without " Someone In a Tree ", a silent watcher, history may have been incomplete.

West, " The Samoans were also known to engage in “ headhunting ,” a ritual of war in which a warrior took the head of his slain opponent to give to his leader, thus proving his bravery.

The Mane ( also called Mani ), southern members of the Mande language group, were a warrior people, well-armed and well-organized, who lived east and possibly somewhat north of present-day Sierra Leone, occupying a belt north of the coastal peoples.

They were a conquering, warrior elite.

It is estimated that some zweihander swords were over long, with the one ascribed to Frisian warrior Pier Gerlofs Donia being long.

In his early days, Shaka served as a warrior under the sway of local chieftain Dingiswayo and the Mthethwa, to whom the Zulu were then paying tribute.

Those who demonstrated strong natural aptitude were selected as trainees in the new special warrior corps, called the Hwarang.

The uchigatana was derived from the tachi and was the predecessor to the katana as the battle-blade of feudal Japan's bushi ( warrior class ), and as it evolved into the later design, the tachi and the uchigatana were often differentiated from each other only by how they were worn, the fittings for the blades, and the location of the signature ( mei ).

These tribes, the Banu Hassan or simply Hassan, were to function as a warrior class in the next centuries.

The emperors who withdrew to live in monasteries ( in ) continued to act in ways which were intended to counterbalance the influence of Fujiwara regents and the warrior class.

Like Illyrians, Thracian tribes of the mountainous regions fostered a locally ruled warrior tradition, while the tribes based in the plains were purportedly more peaceable.

The presence of engraved and inlaid swords and daggers, with spear points and arrowheads, leave little doubt that warrior chieftains and their families were buried here.

They were made of wood and leather, and were of such a large size that a warrior could hide completely behind his shield.

The towns established by the Dorian people were ruled initially by aristocracy, and later by “ tyrants ”, leaders who rose from the merchant or warrior classes.

David Anthony notes, " About 20 % of Scythian-Sarmatian " warrior graves " on the lower Don and lower Volga contained females dressed for battle as if they were men, a style that may have inspired the Greek tales about the Amazons.

Based on numerous archeological findings in Ukraine, southern Russian and Kazakhstan men and warrior women wore long sleeve tunics that were always belted, often with richly ornamented belts.

According to the Japanese dictionary Shogakukan Kokugo Daijiten, " Bushidō is defined as a unique philosophy ( ronri ) that spread through the warrior class from the Muromachi ( chusei ) period.

Due to his status as the head of the sole remaining courtier / warrior clan, Kiyomori was in a unique position to manipulate the court rivalry between the retired sovereign Go-Shirakawa and his son, Nijo tenno ( tenno-sovereign ).

In old days, each warrior in India had his own unique conch shell and hence had a unique voice of conch shell associated with himself.

According to Helen Craig McCullough, she references the unique disposition of Minamoto choosing his chief warrior.

Numerous historical documents of that period refer to the Don Cossacks as a sovereign nations with a unique warrior culture, for which raids and pillaging conducted against their neighbours were important sources of income.

They are unsuccessful — Vaphreze is murdered by the leader of the Lusitanian army, an incredibly strong and enigmatic warrior who, because of his unique headgear, is known only as Silvermask.

Depending on the player's choice of character class at the beginning of the game ( warrior, conjurer, or wizard ), the game follows three largely different linear storylines, each leading to its unique ending.

Denoted by a unique mark on his right paw, the Taggerung is a fearsome fighter ( In the story, the word ' Taggerung ' literally means a warrior of unbeatable strength, courage, and savagery ), a warrior the likes of which has not been seen for many seasons.

Punch is an Autobot warrior possessing the unique ability to adopt a second robot mode named Counterpunch, which he uses to pose as a Decepticon in order to infiltrate their ranks and spy on them as a double agent.

* Thief: The female Thief is a quick and dexterous warrior, with many unique acrobatic skills, that can double jump, wall jump, back flip, and leap across the screen.

The Samurai is a brave and noble warrior, possessing martial prowess and unique abilities to intimidate and terrify his opponents.

The adjectival epithet Areios was frequently appended to the names of other gods when they take on a warrior aspect or become involved in warfare: Zeus Areios, Athena Areia, even Aphrodite Areia.

Unfortunately ( as the two find out when they pay a visit on Lycus ), Philia has been promised to the renowned warrior Miles Gloriosus, who is on his way to claim her.

Portuguese soldiers sometimes stated it took more than one dragoon to capture a quilombo warrior, since they would defend themselves with a strangely moving fighting technique.

After settling along the Baltic coast, through contact with other Germans they adopted the cult of the Aesir gods, a shift that represented a cultural change from an agricultural society into a warrior society.

They represent the ideal audience — they sing about the most glorious moment of your life, thus tempting you to stay the hero or warrior they are portraying you as.

In The Only Game in Town, a Mongol warrior, while not knowing that the two " magicians " he meets are time travelers from the future, correctly guesses their intentions — and captures them with the help of the " magic " flashlight they had given him in an attempt to impress him.

They reflect on the relationship between the warrior and farming classes: though they have won the battle, they have lost their friends with little to show for it.

Hashashin are also made to be adept in furusiyya, or the Islamic warrior code, where they are trained in combat, disguises, and equestrianism.

* They would have not lost one warrior in the battles they fought before Tours.

A comedy veteran, Shatner suggested making the show's characters as comfortable working in space as they would at sea, and having Kirk be a humorous " good-pal-the-captain, who in time of need would snap to and become the warrior ".

The Sioux comprise three major divisions based on Siouan dialect and subculture: Isáŋyathi or Isáŋathi (" Knife ," originating from the name of a lake in present-day Minnesota ), residing in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota and northern Iowa, and are often referred to as the Santee or Eastern Dakota ; Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋ and Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna (" Village-at-the-end " and " little village-at-the-end "), residing in the Minnesota River area, they are considered to be the middle Sioux, and are often referred to as the Yankton and the Yanktonai, or, collectively, as the Wičhíyena ( endonym ) or the Western Dakota ( and have been erroneously classified as “ Nakota ”); Thítȟuŋwaŋ or Teton ( uncertain, perhaps " Dwellers on the Prairie "; this name is archaic among the natives, who prefer to call themselves Lakȟóta ), the westernmost Sioux, known for their hunting and warrior culture, are often referred to as the Lakota.

# Celtic or Chivalric-MatriarchalThe survival of pre-Christian sexual mores and warrior codes from matriarchal societies, be they Celtic, Germanic, or Pictish, among the aristocracy of Europe can account for the idea ( fusion ) of " courtly love ".

The etymology of the term comes from the word battle ( Serbian: бој, boj ); the Boyars of Serbia were literally " men for the battle " or the warrior class, in contrast to the peasants ; they could own land but were obliged to defend it and fight for the king.

The book, Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook, gives an insider's view of the samurai world: " the moral and psychological development of the warrior, the ethical standards they were meant to uphold, their training in both martial arts and strategy, and the enormous role that the traditions of Shintoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism had in influencing samurai ideals.

Quintus Smyrnaeus explains more fully than pseudo-Apollodorus how Penthesilea came to be at Troy: Penthesilea had killed Hippolyta with a spear when they were hunting deer ; this accident caused Penthesilea so much grief that she wished only to die, but, as a warrior and an Amazon, she had to do so honorably and in battle.

During the Trojan War, Polyxena and Troilus were ambushed when they were attempting to fetch water from a fountain, and Troilus was killed by the Greek warrior Achilles, who soon became interested in the quiet sagacity of Polyxena.

Before the ceremony, they are required to herd cattle for seven days in order to prove they are worthy of being called a warrior.

Jufer and Luginbühl link Ancamna with two other consorts of the Gaulish Mars, Litavis and Nemetona, noting that none of these appear to be warrior goddesses themselves ; instead, they suggest that Ancamna might have been associated with a spring.

Conchobar's intended bride, Deirdre, elopes with the young warrior Naoise and his two brothers, and after some time of wandering they are tracked down to an island off Scotland.