History of Samurai

Brief History

• - The Samurai’s origin came from the Emishi people during the Heian Period( 794 A.D.-1185) - Samurai were a powerful military system in Feudal Japan - began as a small group of warriors - rose to power in the 12th century

Brief History Continued

• - began as Japan’s first military dictatorship known as the Shogunate. - Samurai were the bodyguards for the high ranked officials (Shogun) and gave power over the emperor(Mikado) -Samurai took over Japanese Government and Society - Samurai went extinct after the Meiji Restoration in 1868 which destroyed the feudal system

Brief History Continued

• - Samurai had jobs outside of being a samurai in the industrial and modern Japanese World - lived by the “way of the warrior” or Bushido - honor, discipline, and morality - later in it was rewritten as basic code of Japanese Society.

The Role of the Individual

The Role of the Individual

• - Wealthy Landowners would hire an increasingly amount of warriors that were hired to protect their wealthy Landowning masters from the central Government

The Role of the Individual continued

• -They played a role of changing the Government.

Religion in History

Religion in History

• - zen buddhism played a major role in samurai way of life - came from the Chinese over in China - They believed that salvation came within

Religion in History continued

• - an ideal philosophy background in Samurai’s own code of behavior - they believed that a man’s honor rest aside in his sword - When they crafted their swords they would use the finest metals and carefully hammered the blades to prefection.

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