Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)
trembling with excitement
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
Emperor Jinmu; legendary founding Emperor of Japan
Kenmu era (of unified Japan) (1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court) (1336.2.29-1338.8.28)
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)
warrior picture (as a genre of ukiyo-e); musha-e
samurai drill; knight errantry
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
Japanese cobra lily (Arisaema ringens)
since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented
Festival of Emperor Jimmu (formerly held annually on April 3, the supposed day of his death)
the economic boom of the mid-1950s
when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; (lit.) a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass