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...he Confucian social order in Japan, from highest to lowest class, is the [[samurai]] (warriors), the farmers and artisans, the traders and businessmen, and, f ...'s Day" or "Doll's Day", and "7-5-3 Day", a day to celebrate children aged 7, 5, and 3. [http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/kodomo_no_hi_chi ...

...> (鞍馬の秋 <i>Kurama no Aki</i>, 1926). Japanese illustration depicting the [[samurai]] boy Ushiwakamaru (the childhood name of the late 12th-century military co ...was inspired by historical events that occurred in 1667 involving a young samurai named Mashida Toyonoshin (Jinnosuke in Saikaku’s version) from Bizen Provin ...

7. If an acolyte touches the ring finger and little finger to his thumb, it m 7. If an acolyte is too shy to show himself to you, delay by plucking the hai ...

[[Image:Samurai.jpg|thumb|250px|Samurai in [[armour]], 1860s. [[Hand-coloured]] photograph by [[Felice Beato]]]] [[Image:FirstJapaneseMission.JPG|thumb|250px|Samurai around the 1860s]] ...

...this could include young men in their late teens or early twenties.^[[[7]]] ...erasty has been deemed beneficial by some ancient philosophers, Japanese [[samurai]], and modern writers such as [[Oscar Wilde]].^[[[33]]] In many s ...