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Many students of traditional Budo have read that the education of the bushi
consisted of a dual emphasis on bun and bu. Bu refers to the study of martial
strategy and combat, while bun indicates the literary and fine arts of Japan.
Some scholars of Budo have even declared that bun and bu must be considered
as one. For example, Nakajima Masayoshi Sensei, fifth headmaster of Takenouchi-Hangan-Ryu,
has written that, in addition to the ryu's eighteen classical martial arts,
students are taught such fine arts as Shakuhachi (five-holed flute), Shimai
(a form of Noh dance), Yokyoku (Noh song), Sado (tea ceremony), and Kado (flower
arrangement). Moreover, in feudal Japan, young bushi, or samurai, of the Aizu
clan attended the Nisshinkan, where in addition to taking part in the martial
activities that many would expect from an institute of samurai education, the
youths also received detailed instruction in the Chinese classics, religion,
etiquette, classical music, mathematics, healing arts, astronomy, and Japanese
calligraphy. It was the art of brush writing, in fact, that was among the most
important of studies for the higher-ranking bushi. Actually, for many ancient
warriors, as well as present-day Japanese martial arts experts, Japanese calligraphy
(Shodo) amounts to a vital part of Budo training.
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