Japan 2023 Samurai Special Edition

Japan 2023 Samurai Special Edition
Japan, known for it’s deep connection with samurai and history. Adidas has released a few concept kits where you can see the fusion between football and the legends of old. In this edition we see the collaboration between Japan football and history.

In Japanese, historical warriors are usually referred to as bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]), meaning ‘warrior’, or buke (武家), meaning ‘military family’. According to translator William Scott Wilson: “In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning ‘to wait upon’, ‘accompany persons’ in the upper ranks of society. This is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean. ‘Those who serve in close attendance to the nobility’, the Japanese term saburai being the nominal form of the verb.” According to Wilson, an early reference to the word saburai appears in the Kokin Wakashū, the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the early 900s.

The word samurai is now closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class. These warriors were usually associated with a clan and their lord, and were trained as officers in military tactics and grand strategy. While these samurai numbered less than 10% of then Japan’s population. Their teachings can still be found today in both everyday life and in modern Japanese martial arts.

The Shirt
Think about the heads that will turn if you wear this legendary shirt in the gym or on the streets. If you like a player name on the back, please select before adding the shirt to the basket. In case you want a different name on the back, please send us a message.

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