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SAMURAI “those who serve”

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SAMURAI “those who serve”

Brief Background Samurai is defined as the word for a Japanese warrior class.

Started to come into existence in the 12th Century Around 1185 the shogun rose to power and removed power from emperor.

Shogunate History  First shogun was Minamoto Yoritomo.  Military governments of the shoguns called SHOGUNATES.  First = Kamakura Shogunate (1192-1333).  Second = Muromachi Shogunate (1333-1573).  Third = Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1867).  Samurai’s Tale takes place towards the end of Muromachi blending into Tokugawa.  Shogunate finally came to an end in 1868 and the emperor gained full power again.

The emperor reigned, but did not always rule!

Feudal Society

Samurai means “those who serve.”  Samurai must be born to samurai parents or be adopted by them.  Most importantly, samurai boys were taught two basic skills-how to survive and how to kill. 

Samurai Training  

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Training started between ages of 3-5. Training included being taught sword fighting, wrestling, ju-jitsu, and archery. However, they also learned reading, writing, the proper way to walk, bow, and hold chopsticks. During peaceful times, samurai wrote poetry and practiced flower arranging and calligraphy.

Samurai Code-Bushido  

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Bushido is the samurai code. Samurai’s honor or code is more important than their religion or life. A samurai who lost his honor was expected to kill himself in the ritual of seppuku or hara-kiri.

Samurai Code-Bushido The bushidō code is typified by eight virtues: 1.

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LOYALTY(忠義 chūgi)be loyal to master at all costs. COURAGE(勇 yū): never retreat HONESTY:(義 gi) never lie. JUSTICE: always act in a just and fair way toward others. BENEVOLENCE仁 jin): show sympathy toward others, but no weakness. POLITENESS: always treat people in a proper manner

Religion The Samurai had started practicing three different religions in their lifes which were Buddhism, Shintoism, and Confucianism. Each of the religions had a different role: Buddhism dealt with war and death, Shintoism with inherited ambience Confucianism dealt with ethics.

Samurai Arms 

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Samurai fought with swords, lances, knives and bows plus arrows. Long sword = katana. Short sword = wakizashi Small knife=Tanto A good sword took a long time to create and would be decorated. Some swords were thought to have super-human powers and Samurai named their swords as they belived the swords carried their warrior spirit.

Katana

Wakizashi

Yumi

Tanto

Marriage 

The marriage of samurai was done by having a marriage arranged by someone with the same or higher rank than those being married.

Downfall of the Samurai 

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In the late 1800’s the last shogun resigned and the emperor was reinstalled as the formal leader of Japan and the old feudal system and the privileges of the Japanese samurai class were officially abolished. The Samurai had open field battles with the Imperial Army who started to develop upgrades in military and technological warfare such as rifles, pistols, and cannons.

Battle of Shiroyama The Battle of Shiroyama took place on 24 September 1877 and it was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion, where the heavily outnumbered samurai under Saigō Takamori made their last stand against Imperial Japanese Army.

The battle culminated in the annihilation of Saigō's army as well as his death, marking the end of the Satsuma Rebellion.

“By the Way of the warrior is meant death. The Way of the warrior is death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. It means nothing more than this. It means to see things through, being resolved.”

“Yamamoto Tsunetomo