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Who are some famous samurai?
one of the most famous samurai is minamoto no yoshiie
Who was the most famous samurai?
Hiro from Heroes... he was a samurai hero when he traveled back in time.
Most expensive samurai sword?
The most expensive sword is a 13th century samurai sword that sold for $418,000 at an auction
Who controlled small the areas of medieval japan?
Maybe the Chinese.... Or the Samurai.... Most likely the Samurai...
Is kenshin himura a real life samurai swordsman?
The character Kenshin Himura is fictional, and was created by Nobuhiro Watsuki. However, Watsuki based the character of Kenshin on a real-life samurai named Kawakami Gensai, who was one of the four most notorious assassins of the Bakumatsu period of Japan. Kenshin's sword style was also based on a real samurai of the Tokugawa period, named Matsubayashi Henyasai.
What are the important parts of a BC ferry?
Like myself, most people are concerned about Steering, Engines, Hull integrity, life jackets and lifeboats.
What is the samurai's most important possession?
His katana!
What was the most important samurai weapon?
a sword
Why do samurai become samurai?
Samurai is a class like caste and it's hereditary. Therefore, the sons of farmers were destined to be farmers and samurai's son were samurai. However, there were rare cases for some to be in samurai class. One is to show great talents in swordsmanship and others include becoming great scholars. It's very rare, though. Inside the samurai class, there was also hierarchy, and it does not always mean upgrading the status if one becomes samurai from the other classes as many samurais were poor. It was more like hereditary occupations. It was hereditary, but sometimes someone who was in favour with the higher authority could become a Samurai such as the English sailor Williams Adams who sailed to Japan but later became a Samurai actually being a samurai took many talents including heredity but that doesn't mean your destined to become a farmer. you see Japanese society was broken down in classes. durning the time off the samurai the shogun was like the "lord" or king. after him was the damiyo or someone who does the kings work(sometimes!) and the samurai. if you worked up in ranks you could have a chance to be a samurai. to be a samurai took many years of dedication and training. if caught in a dirty deed a samurai would commit ritual suicide to peserve his personal honor. At mid 1500 the separation law came. Before it anyone who could afford training could become a samurai, after that you had to be the son of a samurai.
What kind of weaponry does the samurai use?
Most samurai use a katana(witch is a common samurai sword).Samurai also carried a back up sword called a wakizashi.More weapons would be a tanto,kama,and fans.
After becoming a samurai what did they become?
Most likely a shogun? But not necessarily, that's like saying all officers in the army most likely become generals. If they weren't promoted to shogun or become a politician they stayed samurai, as this was a very well respected position to be in (by birth right only).
How was the code of conduct relate to samurai value and tradition?
It is related because samurai value honor and loyalty most of all.
