American Mishima

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

A Final Salute to General Norman Schwarzkopf

General Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired Four Star General & US Army Commander of Coalition Forces during Desert Storm has passed away ...

Sunday, December 23, 2012

The Life and Death of a Tea Master

Earlier this month, American Mishima reviewed the NHK Taiga Drama Gou: Himetachi no Sengoku -aka Princess Go . In that historically based...

一日の画像 - Picture of the Day

Wishing Emperor Akihito a Happy 79th Birthday! おめでとうたんじょうびみやこさま!

Friday, December 21, 2012

Seasons Greetings from American Mishima

May you all have a wonderful and safe holiday season onegaishimasu!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

大河ドラマ American Mishima looks at Princess Go of the Warring States Period

When it comes to historical dramas, nobody compares to NHK Taiga Dramas. To sit through and watch some 46+ hours of drama takes time and ...

Monday, December 10, 2012

145 Years - Remembering Sakamoto Ryoma

December 10th marks the 145th anniversary of the assassination of the visionary Samurai-Statesman Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa. He was indispu...

Sunday, December 9, 2012

仏教 LA Koyasan Buddhist Temple Welcomes New Sensei!

よこそ! Two nights ago, the Los Angeles Koyasan Buddhist Temple welcomed new head minister Kanai Sensei from Japan. He will be presiding ov...

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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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