American Mishima

When Words Cut Deeper Than Swords I write them down. -Rosas2009

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

American Mishima on Facebook

Are you on Facebook and would like to know more about American Mishima? Then please visit American Mishima's Facebook Page and ...

Monday, October 29, 2012

侍弓道 Samurai Archery Kasagake Matsuri 2012

Japanese Archery evokes imagery of large Samurai armies of the Warring States Period and earlier. Today, it exists as Kyudo and has school...

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Greatest Generation: Frank Tanabe

Earlier this week, American Mishima featured the story of Frank Tanabe, A World War II Veteran of the MIS who cast his final vote in the ...

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

戦争映画 - A Real Officer and a Movie Part II

Earlier this month, we introduced you to a new feature inspired by the Military Channel we like to call "A Real Officer and a Movie...

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Japan's Emperor & Empress: Then and Now

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Wedding day April 10th, 1959. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Her Imperial Majesty'...

Greatest Generation: Dying Man Casts Final Vote

As the World War Two or Greatest Generation leaves us in ever greater numbers, We at American Mishima from time to time like to feature th...

Monday, October 22, 2012

一日の画像 - Picture of the Day

The Dragon of Echigo, Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578), Guardian of the North still stands at Kasugayama Castle in present day Niigata Prefec...

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About Me

lasamurai: Little Tokyo, California, United States; “American Mishima” is the work of Louis Rosas, the son of Mexican Immigrants, whose father served in Vietnam for the US Army and who grew up on glamorized war films and military aviation in the sleepy seaside plains of Oxnard, Calif. With an early fascination of the Second World War embedded in his young mind during the post-Vietnam era, it was his exposure to Akira Kurosawa's samurai epic Ran (Toho, 1985) that changed his views of war while creating a lasting impression of Japanese culture and history. Further inspired by the works of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, Rosas would go on to study Japanese language and swordsmanship, which led him to the practice of Shingon Buddhism and Shinto. Rosas is also a former student of Shinkendo, the ideal and practice of the samurai code of Bushido in the modern world, which helped shape the creative force that is “American Mishima.”

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