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  2. Samurai - Wikipedia

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    A samurai in his armour in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato. 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 ...

  3. List of samurai - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.

  4. Japanese armour - Wikipedia

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    A man wearing Samurai armor and jinbaori (sleeveless jacket) turns around, 2019. Scholars agree that Japanese armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the discovery of the cuirass and basic helmets in graves. [1] During the Heian period (794–1185), the unique Japanese samurai armour ō-yoroi and dō-maru appeared. [2]

  5. Bushido - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. Moral code of the samurai This article is about the Japanese concept of chivalry. For other uses, see Bushido (disambiguation). This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all ...

  6. Category:Samurai weapons and equipment - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 25 December 2019, at 23:53 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. List of samurai from the Sengoku period - Wikipedia

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    A list of samurai from the Sengoku Period (c.1467−c.1603), a sub-period of the Muromachi Period in feudal Japan. Samurai. A. Akai Naomasa; Akai Teruko; Akao Kiyotsuna;

  8. Kusari (Japanese mail armour) - Wikipedia

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    Edo-period samurai police officers (machikata doshin) wore kusari garments for protection when making an arrest, [5] and Ian Bottomley in Arms and Armor of the Samurai: The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan [6] shows a picture of kusari armour and mentions kusari katabira "chain jazerants" with detachable arms being worn by samurai police ...

  9. Japanese martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Originally in Japan, kyujutsu, the "art of the bow", was a discipline of the samurai, the Japanese warrior class. The bow is a long range weapon that allowed a military unit to engage an opposing force while it was still far away.