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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]
Karuta armor is a form of lightweight, folding armor known as "tatami".The "karuta" are small square or rectangle plates of iron or leather connected to each other by kusari or laced to each other, with the plates sewn to a cloth backing, individual karuta armour plates could also be sewn directly to a cloth backing without being connected to each other.
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;
Although samurai continued to use both plate and lamellar armour as a symbol of their status, traditional armours were no longer necessary for battle. For this reason, in the Edo period, armour in the style of the revival of the medieval period, incorporating gorgeous ō-yoroi and dō-maru designs, became popular. [24]
The World of the Samurai: The world of Japan’s medieval samurai is presented through a combination of ultra-high-definition video 3DCG content of historical artifacts and an expansive projection of simulated castle architecture developed for NHK’s “Taiga” drama.
Ashigaru wearing armor and jingasa firing tanegashima (Japanese matchlocks). Ashigaru (足軽, "light of foot") were infantry employed by the samurai class of feudal Japan.The first known reference to ashigaru was in the 14th century, [1] but it was during the Ashikaga shogunate (Muromachi period) that the use of ashigaru became prevalent by various warring factions.
A samurai battle on a grand scale, in terms of strategy, scale, methods employed, and the political causes behind it, this is widely considered the final conflict of the Sengoku period. Outside of the siege of Osaka, and the later conflicts of the 1850s to 1860s, violence in the Edo period was restricted to small skirmishes in the streets ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. Moral code of the samurai This article is about the Japanese concept of chivalry. For other uses, see Bushido (disambiguation). This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all ...