Calligraphy Pillows
Description: Bushido (武士道), a Japanese word meaning "The Way of Warriors" or "Samurai Spirit", where 武士 means "Samurai" and 道 means "Ways", it is a Japanese collective term for the many codes of honour and ideals that dictated the samurai way of life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry in Europe.
Description: As-salāmu ʿalaykum (Arabic: السلام عليكم, Arabic pronunciation: [as'salaːmu ʕalajkum]) is a Muslim greeting in Arabic that means "Peace be upon you". The greeting is a standard salutation among Muslims and is routinely used whenever and wherever Muslims gather and interact, whether socially or within worship and other contexts.
Description: IJN Yamato (大和/ヤマト) was the lead ship of her class of battleships built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) shortly before World War II. Named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, Yamato was designed to counter the numerically superior battleship fleet of the United States, Japan’s main rival in the Pacific. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed in history, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load and armed with nine 18.1 inch Type 94 main guns, which were the largest guns ever mounted on a warship.
Description: Hanzo “半蔵”, Hattori Hanzo “服部半蔵”, also known as Hattori Masanari or Hattori Masashige, Hanzo was a famous samurai of the Sengoku era, credited with saving the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu and then helping him to become the ruler of united Japan. Due to the amount of Iga ninja under his lead, Hanzo has been regarded as one of the most representative figures of the ninja by later generation and pop culture. Shadow of Iga “伊賀の影”, was refers to his position as the leader of Iga ninja. In the background is kamon of Hattori clan “Kuruma ni Yahazu”.
Description: 宫本武藏: Miyamoto Musashi was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, writer and ronin. Musashi, as he was often simply known, became renowned through stories of his excellent and unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 61 duels. He was the founder of the Nito-Ichi-ryu style of swordsmanship (二天一流) and in his final years authored The Book of Five Rings (五輪の書), and The Path of Aloneness (獨行道). 二刀流劍豪: Double blade style swordmaster. In the background is the statue of Miyamoto Musashi in Okayama Prefecture, and beside his name is the samurai signature of Musashi.
