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Discovery: Artifacts 4of6 Soul of the Samurai DivX AC3 (www.mvgroup.org)

Artifacts 4: Soul of the Samurai
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Narrated by Dr. Kevin-John McIntyre

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How did an Indian Buddhist shrine influence a Japanese pagoda? How are Italian pigs and cowry shells related to porcelain? Why did the ferocious warriors of Mongolia wear silk underwear? And how did wood block printing bring about a revolution in Japan and in European culture? These intriguing questions are investigated in Artifacts, a series that explores the origins and hidden connections among the art and artifacts of the great cultures and belief systems across Asia - on a journey through time and across continents from India to Thailand, China and Japan - to understand the impact of calligraphy, porcelain, architecture, metallurgy, wood block printing and silk on Asian history and on the history of the world in general.



Part 4..Soul of the Samurai
Why has the samurai sword always been such a powerful symbol of Japanese culture? Dr. Inazo Nitobe, the man pictured on Japan's 5,000-yen note, tried to answer that question for the world. As a Japanese diplomat at the League of Nations, he was asked by a western colleague how - without religious instruction - the Japanese could teach their children right from wrong. So in the year 1900, Dr. Nitobe wrote a book in English called Bushido - the code of the samurai. He wrote that this warrior code became the credo by which most Japanese lived their lives. And, he wrote, just as the code of the samurai is the soul of Japan, the sword is the soul of the samurai. For Dr. Nitobe, the sword is a work of art that represents the soul of the samurai. But originally the sword was not the samurai's weapon of choice. In the beginning, they fought from horseback, and their skill was with the bow and arrow. So why did the sword, not the bow and arrow, become so important to the samurai and to Japan? To find the answer we must go deep into the history and legends of this ancient land.



Technical Specs
Video Codec: DivX
Video Bitrate: ~1950 Kbps/part
Video Resolution: 720x368-400
Video Aspect Ratio: ~16:9
Video Framerate: 29.97
Audio: English (subs included)
Audio Codec: Dolby AC3
Audio Bitrate: 256 kb/s @ 48KHz
Audio Channels: 2
Runtime per Part: ~47 minutes/part
Number of Parts: 6
Part Size: 746 MB/part, Full DVDR total
Ripped by: PolarBear
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