Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who served the kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century. Samurai …

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun, chose Edo (present-day Tokyo) as Japan’s new capital, and it became one of the largest cities of its time and was the site of a thriving urban …

The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 [1] in the history of Japan, when the …

Samurai Armour. The samurai (or bushi) were the warriors of premodern Japan. They later made up the ruling military class which eventually became the highest ranking social caste of the …

Jul 5, 2019 · It was not until the Edo period (1603-1868) that a fully standardised system of status and rankings developed for samurai. There were three principal ranks: gokenin (housemen), …

Oct 11, 2022 · During the Edo period (1603-1868), core samurai ideals of honor and aggression became redefined in terms of shogunal loyalty, etiquette and intellectual refinement.

Oct 28, 2009 · The samurai, who abided by a code of honor and discipline known as bushido, were provincial warriors in feudal Japan before rising to power in the 12th century.

The samurai caste hierarchy during the Edo Period (1603-1868) represented a highly structured social system that established the roles and privileges of the military class in Japan. …

Mar 9, 2025 · A space of over 250 years of relative peace in between the countrywide wars of the Sengoku Period and the violence surrounding the Meiji Restoration, the Edo period was …

Jul 24, 2019 · Samurai were a class of highly skilled warriors that arose in Japan after the Taika reforms of A.D. 646, which included land redistribution and heavy new taxes meant to support …