The Samurai eventually earned there own class between the 9th and 12th centuries A.D. They were called by two names: Samurai (knights-retainers) and Bushi (warriors). Some of them were related to the ruling class. Others were hired men. They gave complete loyalty to their Daimyo (feudal landowners) and received land and position in return...
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Each Daimyo used his Samurai to protect his land and to expand his power and rights to more land. a system of shugo or "guards" was later established for all of the districts and provinces as a means of keeping order. The position of shugo gradually became hereditary and development the samurai into an elite class of professional warriors...
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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