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How did samurai get guns?
Europeans gave the guns to 'em.
Do people in japan still use samurai swords like the Yakuza?
As a sport, not for means of defense. The yakuza uses guns more than swords, but occasionaly there are reports of murders using katanas (samurai sword) hope this helps
Did samurai's have guns?
No, they used the Yumi Bow.
What happened Virginia Tech massacre?
This one man came in with guns shot a bunch of people then himself This one man came in with guns shot a bunch of people then himself
What does the samurai have power of?
Being overwhelmed by Americans with guns
What is a samurai's role in society today?
Samurai do not exist in society today anymore because of the invention of guns.
How did samurai end there history.?
Although I'm Japanese-American, I am a little sketchy on Japanese history. What I do know is that it started once Japan was unified under one shogun. Prior to this unification, all samurai had a daimyo, or lord. There were may daimyo in pre-unified Japan. Once unified, however, the role of the warrior was lessened and samurai were not as useful. Interestingly, this was about the time that bushido, or the way of the warrior, first emerged and was formalized. Bushido teaches, among other virtues, that the samurai must serve his lord to the death and death in service of one's lord is the greatest honor and samurai could experience. In pre-unified Japan, when all the fighting was occuring, this concept did not exist. Samurai frequently shifted their loyaties. Some historians attribute the emergence of bushido in unified Japan as the samurai trying to justify their existence in a now peaceful Japan. Much later, around the 19th century, a US naval officer, Commodore Perry, forced Japan to open it previous closed society to trade. It was at this time that the leaders of Japan realized that the "old" samurai ways would not be able to compete militarily with Western weaponry. There was a movement to adopt Western technology, which eventually lead to the illegalization of samurai. Of course, this policy wasn't very popular with some old school samurai, who fought the modernization movement. Eventually, however, techonology won. Samurai lost. In modern day Japan, remnants of the samurai culture still remain. Modern Japanese businessmen still find samurai technique applicable to forming corporate strategy and will study writings of past samurai for business enlightenment. Modern day Japanese athletes do the same. In a way, the samurai may be gone, but their influence on methods of handling competition and conflict are alive and well in Japan. so it was the age of guns that ended the age of the samurai
What was the decline of the Samurai?
The decline of the samurai was when the samurai were slowly becoming outdated, and because they were traditionalists they didn't conform to using guns and around the early 1800s were obsolete
When did samurai's get guns?
1543 from the portugese via a chinese pirate ship (:
What the ending?
Although I'm Japanese-American, I am a little sketchy on Japanese history. What I do know is that it started once Japan was unified under one shogun. Prior to this unification, all samurai had a daimyo, or lord. There were may daimyo in pre-unified Japan. Once unified, however, the role of the warrior was lessened and samurai were not as useful. Interestingly, this was about the time that bushido, or the way of the warrior, first emerged and was formalized. Bushido teaches, among other virtues, that the samurai must serve his lord to the death and death in service of one's lord is the greatest honor and samurai could experience. In pre-unified Japan, when all the fighting was occuring, this concept did not exist. Samurai frequently shifted their loyaties. Some historians attribute the emergence of bushido in unified Japan as the samurai trying to justify their existence in a now peaceful Japan. Much later, around the 19th century, a US naval officer, Commodore Perry, forced Japan to open it previous closed society to trade. It was at this time that the leaders of Japan realized that the "old" samurai ways would not be able to compete militarily with Western weaponry. There was a movement to adopt Western technology, which eventually lead to the illegalization of samurai. Of course, this policy wasn't very popular with some old school samurai, who fought the modernization movement. Eventually, however, techonology won. Samurai lost. In modern day Japan, remnants of the samurai culture still remain. Modern Japanese businessmen still find samurai technique applicable to forming corporate strategy and will study writings of past samurai for business enlightenment. Modern day Japanese athletes do the same. In a way, the samurai may be gone, but their influence on methods of handling competition and conflict are alive and well in Japan. so it was the age of guns that ended the age of the samurai
When did Japan stop using samurai swords and all that?
Japan stopped using swords because the rest of the world was using guns. The Japanese feudal system lasted till the 1870's. This was the time of the civil rights movement in the U.S. This shows how behind they were on technology.
Did samurai use spears in battle?
all the time, they also used guns bows and swords
