American Mishima

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

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Abdication: The End of the Heisei Era

Today marks the end of the Heisei Era. The 85-year-old Emperor Akihito has abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne in the Kenji to Shokei no ...

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The Final Flight of the Last Doolittle Raider

Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, the last living member of the Doolittle Raiders has passed away at the age of 103. Born in 1915, Dick Cole,...

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

American Mishima Web Series Episode 5

Here's our latest Author Web Series episode where we discuss our latest book, ROBOT PLANET.

Monday, April 1, 2019

New Era Named

By now, everyone should know the name of the new era that will begin after Emperor Akihito abdicates on Tuesday, April 30th, 2019. The ne...

Thursday, March 28, 2019

This Moment in History: USS Hornet

77 years ago, the USS Hornet (CV-8) seen here in this colorized photo carrying the B-25 Doolittle Raiders set out to sea to deliver Ameri...

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Welcome to the Fleet: Japan Commissions New Soryu-Class Submarine

This week, Japan's JMSDF welcomed the newest addition to its submarine fleet. The 84-meter long diesel powered JS Shōryū was commissio...

The Line of Succession

Seen here is Prince Akishino of Japan with his son Prince Hisahito and wife Princess Kiko at their son's graduation from a prestigiou...

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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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