Samurai

1. Gi: the right decision, taken with equanimity, the right attitude, the truth. When we must die, we must die. Rectitude.

2. Yu: bravery tinged with heroism.

3. Jin: universal love, benevolence toward mankind, compassion.

4. Rei: the right action- a most essential quality, courtesy.

5. Makoto: utter sincerity, truthfulness.

6. Melyo: honor and glory.

7. Chugo: devotion, loyalty.

Seppuku - a ritual for killing yourself. (an answer ten years in the making)

The Japanese knights. Taught never to surrender and never to retreat, they would commit suicide if they were defeated or ashamed and so, they became the worlds most deadly warriors. They had the strongest swords in the world, they lived by the code bushido.

Yes, the movie starring Tom Cruise called the Last Samurai holds many truths about the industrial revolution in Japan. After being intimidated by Commodore Perry the Japanese moved all their resources into capitalism and began building all kinds of factories and industries and to go along with all this modernization the emperor also mandated the end of the samurai class in Japanese society. Instead of having an elite class of warriors, the Japanese would turn towards a modernized military that drafts people from within he country instead of training a small group of elite warriors. When this first happened there were many groups like the one described in the movie who were against the modernization of Japan and who were ready to revolt against the emperor in order to save the nation. These rogue samurai, also known as ronin, were a notorious and large threat to the nation for the first few years after industrializing.

The Samurai did protect the master or the person at which he has been told to protect. They were for example bodygaurds.

they started to wear different clothes also, they became calmer

From About.com Bushido: The code of conduct followed by Japan's samurai warriors. The principles of bushido emphasized honor, courage, and loyalty to a warrior's master above all else. The ideal samurai warrior was supposed to be immune from the fear of death. Only the fear of dishonor, and loyalty to his daimyo, motivated the true samurai.

Becoming a samurai can take many years, as long as it takes to learn the martial arts, archery, fencing and many other skills.

The primary components of Japanese armor are as follows:

Fundoshi (loincloth)

Shitagi (shirt)

Kobakama (pants)

Kiahan (gaiters)

Waraji (sandals)

Suneate (shin guards)

Haidate (thigh guards)

Yugake (gloves)

Kote (sleeves)

Wakibiki (armpit protectors)

Do (body armor)

Uwa obi (belt)

Sode (shoulder guards)

Nodowa (throat protector)

Hoate (facemask)

Kabuto (helmet)

It's about a boy that his family dies in one day and he is left alone and has to make is way working for a lord.

The samuri sword would work better, as they have better mobility, and often a longer reach. The shape of the katana, works much better for both slashing (even through armour), and stabbing. They could easily penetrate the armour with a stab from almost anywehere. And if they where face to face, a diagonal slash to the shoulder, would make the Knight unable to fight.

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

fights for their lord,shogun,or emperer, or if there masters were killed either avenged them or became mercinaries.or in peace practice martial arts,calligraphy,painting,liteature,poetry,and many other hobbies,and studys

Well, depends on if you talk about right up close and personal, sneak attack, or at a distance. Because non of them matter, the Ninja would at all. The Ninja just has better weapons altogether. Ninjas Ninjato which beats the Samurai's Katana.

They must follow Bushido which is the samurai code of honor.

The Japanese warriors, the samurai came into existence during the years of the 12th century. This was when landlords hired private warriors for the protection of their farms and land. The private warriors were called Samurai. When two clans fought they usually fought for pieces of land.

Hi dan!

The shogun was the main "advisor" of the emperor. In truth the shogun had all of the control, as the emperor was just a figurehead. The daimyo were provincial rulers who had control over small amounts of territory and at different times had largely independent power.

Samurai Warriors was created on 2004-02-11.

to serve the shoguns that hired them and protect and expand their employers land or property

The Samurai's job was to protect the Daimyo and in return they got food and other things

Samurai were fearsome warriors. They vowed to fight for their lord, even if it meant that they could not protect their own family. Dying an honorable death was more important than living a long life. The samurai code was also called the bushido.

It depends on the skill of the maker and the quality they are making it. The average time for a completely hand made katana is around two weeks if it is of decent quality. But if it was meant to be a truly great katana it could take as long as a month.

A samurai can lose his honor in various ways. One being if his lord is killed, but the samurai(s) survive. Another being if a peasant or anyone in general mocks a samurai. The last way being if a samurai is captured in battle, or retreats from a battle. Typically, if a samurai loses his honor, he is to commit "religious" suicide, also known as seppuku.

They were the nobility class of Japan; if not engaged in warlike activities most had estates of their own that they had to manage. Many were well-educated and even scholars and devoted time to reading, writing books, poems or treatises. Others were directly employed by the emperor or by high-ranking nobles and carried out all kinds of military or diplomatic missions.