Their master died by means of seppuku, a traditional form of suicide by the samurai in attempt to retain his honor. 2 Although similar to the retainers in Chushingura, the samurai in the Tokugawa society have a broader approach to this form of undying loyalty. These samurai have a value of undying loyalty to their direct master in the sense that they will die for their Shogun rather than the emperor, who should technically be their supreme lord...
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These samurai have a value of undying loyalty to their direct master in the sense that they will die for their Shogun rather than the emperor, who should technically be their supreme lord. Another characteristic of the samurai in the Tokugawa period depicted in the autobiography was the social hierarchy within the samurai class...
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The Japaneese Culture (Tom Cruise in "The last Samurai" has provided a modern introduction to the way of the Samurai - Discuss here.) Samurai were expected to be cultured and literate, and over time, samurai during the Tokugawa era gradually lost their military function...	1 / 219
Samuria The second is mounted samurai, which is only high-ranking samurai warriors were allowed to fight on horseback. The third was foot soldiers, which were soldiers that walked the front line...	3 / 722
The Samurais, The Ultimate Stoics A good sword was tougher and sharper. The swords were tested before they were used by the samurai. The sword tester used the new blades to cut through corpses and bodies of condemned criminals...	2 / 507
Balls Later the word grew to include any military man who served a powerful landlord, almost like a police force for that time. They would go around the countryside on horseback collecting taxes from the peasants, often this was in the form of rice...	2 / 342