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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.
This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military dictators, [1] from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. [ a ]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. A list of samurai from the Sengoku Period (c.1467−c.1603), a sub ...
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 ...
Kuge families also had used their family name (Kamei/家名) for the same purpose. Each of samurai families is called "[family name] clan (氏)" as follows and they must not be confused with ancient clan names. The list below is a list of various aristocratic families whose families served as Shugo, Shugodai, Jitō, and Daimyo
This article is part of a mini-project to produce and organize lists of samurai of lesser notability, or about whom little is known. For information and lists of samurai by clan, see Japanese clans .
If polished, the hiraji appears blue-black. (see image) [4] hira-zukuri (平造) – a nearly flat blade without ridge (shinogi) or yokote. (see image) [22] hitatsura (皆焼) – temper line (hamon) with tempering marks visible around the ridge and near the edge of the blade. [16] hon-zukuri (本造, main style) – see shinogi-zukuri.
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