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SAMURAI-HISTORY OF JAPAN

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THE ORIGINS OF JAPANESE SAMURAI
The Japanese samurai warriors came into existence in the 12th century when two powerful Japanese clans fought bitter wars against each other - the Taira and the Minamoto.At that time the japanese shogunate,a system of a military ruler , called the shogun was formed. Under the shogun the next hierarchy wewe the daimyo, local rulers comparable to dukes in europe.
The Japanese samurai were the military retainers of a daimyo. And finally you may have heard of ronin. Ronin are samurai without a master.
This is what happened to the 47 Ronin in the famous story of Chushingura after their lord was forced to commit suicide.

According to historians the fierce fights between hostile clans and war lords was mainly a battle for land. Only 20% of Japan's rugged and mountainous area can be used for agriculture.

SAMURAI 1770's - 1860's











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^^There is still Samurai today?
What do you have to do, to be a Samurai?



And this picture show a symbol in the background(behind the bow) what does it mean/represent?
Thanks for any answers.
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Of course there's not samurai today! :lol: They've been outlawed for over a hundred years.

The symbol in the back is an emblem or "Mon".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)
Of course there's not samurai today! :lol: They've been outlawed for over a hundred years.
Ohh no, don't laugh at me like that=:cry:.

When you wrote:
Even today in Japan many japanese call samurai "bushi".
It sounded like the "bushi" was part of everyday vernacular
so I was wondering if there where any order
that works to keep the spirit of the samurai alive, like with the European knights.

The order of Santiago is still active after more then 800 years.

They've been outlawed for over a hundred years.
So samurai's is illegal today...:eek:hno:

The symbol in the back is an emblem or "Mon".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(emblem)
Cool, I have seen it in Lo:Zelda since childhood, it came as a surprise to see it in old pictures.

/thanks for answers.
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You read it wrongly

"Even today in Japan many japanese call samurai "bushi"."

Meaning instead of using the word Samurai many use "Bushi".

My family is from the Hosokawa Samurai Clan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosokawa_clan
You read it wrongly

"Even today in Japan many japanese call samurai "bushi"."

Meaning instead of using the word Samurai many use "Bushi".

My family is from the Hosokawa Samurai Clan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosokawa_clan
Ohh, Okay I get it.
But is there still samurai spirit, only no warriors, like in Europe?

About the clan link, it has to be a big clan or else you have a former Prime Minister of Japan in your family.
How did you read that from my post?? Well anyway Japan is probably the most traditional country in the developed world so I would say yes.
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Today,Japanese clothes is different form the Chinese traditional clothes,because Japanese changed them and ad some Japanese thing.

I think Japanese is successful


That's ture. The Japanese costume (和服)originally comes from China (mainly TANG & SONG dynasty), but they rerange it so its a bit different from the traditional Chinese costume (汉服), actually most of Japanese tradition including convenance and architecture comes from China (during TANG &SONG dynasty) but they rerange it sucessfully as waht we can see today.
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