SW028
King & Country
Not yet Released - expected in mid-November.
Clutching his sword in both hands this ‘Red’ Samurai takes up a fighting pose ready to do battle whatever the odds!
Feudal Japan’s Samurai warriors lived and died by a unique honour code that came to be known as ‘Bushido’. This was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), the victor of the iconic ‘Battle of Sekigahara’ (1600) and the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
These two ‘Katanna’ wielding swordsmen belong to a group of warriors known as ‘Ronin’ which translates as ‘Masterless Samurai’ describing someone who has lost their master and is adrift like a wave on the ocean.
In Japan, at this time, these ‘Ronin’ often lived as drifters, outlaws and, quite often, ‘Mercenaries’ their skills and services on offer to the highest bidder.