Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were most prominent as aristocratic warriors during the country's feudal period from the 12th century to early 17th century, and thereafter as a top class in the social hierarchy of the Edo period until their abolishment in the 1870s during the Meiji era .

2025年1月7日 · Samurai, member of the Japanese warrior caste. The term samurai was originally used to denote the aristocratic warriors, but it came to apply to all the members of the warrior class that rose to power in the 12th century and dominated the Japanese government until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

2019年7月5日 · Samurai were an elite class of Japanese warriors who performed military service for nobles. They were well-trained and highly skilled at riding horses and using the bow and sword. They wore particular armour and followed a code of honour known as bushido.

2009年10月28日 · The samurai, members of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, began as provincial warriors before rising to power in the 12th century with the beginning of the country’s first military ...

2022年7月6日 · You probably know Miyamoto Musashi, but how many other real-world samurai can you name? Here are 12 of the most famous samurai in Japan!

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 Edo Period (1603-1867). Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and arrows, spears and guns, but their main weapon and symbol was the sword.

2025年1月27日 · Honda Tadakatsu at the Battle of Hitokotosaka by Shunubo on Wikimedia. This popular Japanese samurai is recognized for his unmatched skill in battle, unshakeable loyalty, and larger-than-life reputation as one of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s most trusted “retainers,” together with Ii Naomasa, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Sakai Tadatsugu, known collectively as the “Four Heavenly Kings” (Shitenno).

Here are five little-known facts about the fearsome samurai, from their somewhat terrifying social privileges to their first and only colony in the United States. The high prestige and special social privileges enjoyed by the samurai are amply demonstrated in the tradition of kiri-sute gomen, roughly translated as “permission to slay.”

2019年7月24日 · 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 an elaborate Chinese-style empire.

2024年7月15日 · The samurai were a class of highly skilled warriors in feudal Japan, known for their martial prowess, strict code of honor, and significant cultural influence. Emerging in the late Heian period (794-1185), they rose to power during the Kamakura (1185-1333) and Muromachi (1336-1573) periods, eventually becoming the ruling military class.