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The following is a list of Samurai and their wives. They are listed alphabetically by name. Some have used multiple names, and are listed by their final name. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
A list of samurai from the Sengoku Period (c.1467−c.1603), a sub-period of the Muromachi Period in feudal Japan. Samurai. A. Akai Naomasa; Akai Teruko; Akao Kiyotsuna;
This article is a list of shoguns that ruled Japan intermittently, as hereditary military dictators, [1] from the beginning of the Asuka period in 709 until the end of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. [ a ]
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,426 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
For information and lists of samurai by clan, see Japanese clans. Pages in category "Lists of samurai" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
This is a list of foreign-born people who became samurai in Japan. During the Edo period (1603–1868), some foreigners in Japan were granted privileges associated with samurai, including fiefs or stipends and the right to carry two swords.
Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan. They were originally provincial warriors who served the Kuge and imperial court in the late 12th century. Samurai eventually came to play a major political role until their abolition in the late 1870s during the Meiji era. [1] [2]
Posthumous name Personal name (imina) Notes Legendary Emperors; 1: 660 BC–585 BCE Emperor Jimmu: Kan'yamato Iwarebiko presumed legendary; claimed descent from the sun goddess, Amaterasu [6] 2: 581 BCE–549 BCE Emperor Suizei: Kamu Nunagawamimi no Mikoto presumed legendary; [7] 3rd son of Jimmu [8] 3: 549 BCE–511 BCE Emperor Annei