American Mishima

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

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Sunday, July 5, 2015

USWNT Defeats Nadeshiko Japan in Women's World Cup

In what was billed as an epic rematch between the 2011 Women's World Cup defending champions Nadeshiko Japan and the United States Wom...

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

An Japanese Zero Fighter in Washington D.C.

Last week, we flew to Washington D.C. to induct our father in the Vietnam Veterans Memory Day Ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial Wall. As y...

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

American Naval Might

Seen here is at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego is a rare gathering of American Naval Power in one place: Three United States ...

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

一日の画像 - Picture of the Day

Seen here is Nicolas Sensei and Shinkendo Kaiso (Founder) and our former Sensei Toshishiro Obata with yours truly at the Koyasan Buddhist ...

Monday, May 25, 2015

Honoring Japan's War Dead

Seen here is PM Shinzo Abe as he honors Japan's war dead at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery by laying a wreath in a ceremony of remem...

Thursday, May 21, 2015

China's Dangerous Game

Earlier this week, the Chinese Navy of the People's Republic of China delivered stern warnings to U.S. Navy P8 Poseidon Surveillance ...

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

New Edition Released

We are pleased to announce that our biographical Vietnam War book MY FATHER'S WAR IN VIETNAM AND THE LONG SHADOW OF THE HON CONG MOUNT...

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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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