If you were to establish a hierarchy among power, war and culture, what would be your ranking? Japanese bow: the lower in the hierarchy bows to the superior. Everyone had to bow down to the Emperor. But not the samurai. The art of war was not inferior to power. But even the Emperor and the samurai had to bow down to get into the tea ceremony, because culture is superior to power and war.
Well, Berlin possesses the largest samurai collection outside Japan. It’s full of impressive armors, swords and weapons. One of my favorite was this helmet from the 17th Century.
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