Samurai (侍) were members of the warrior class who served as retainers to lords in Japan prior to the Meiji era. Samurai existed from the late 12th century until their abolition in the late 1870s during the …

Nov 25, 2025 · Samurai, member of the Japanese warrior caste. The term samurai was originally used to denote the aristocratic warriors, but it came to apply to all the members of the warrior class that …

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Lone Samurai: Directed by Josh C. Waller. With Shogen, Yayan Ruhian, Rama Ramadhan, Sumire Ashina. A shipwrecked 13th century samurai considers ritual suicide until captured by cannibals on a …

Oct 28, 2009 · As servants of the daimyos, or great lords, the samurai backed up the authority of the shogun and gave him power over the mikado (emperor). The samurai would dominate Japanese …

Saigō Takamori (Japanese: 西郷 隆盛; 23 January 1828 – 24 September 1877) was a Japanese samurai and politician who was one of the most influential figures in Japanese history. He played a …

A samurai in his armor in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato Bushidō (武士道; Japanese pronunciation: [bɯ.ɕiꜜ.doː] [1]) is a purported samurai moral code concerning samurai …

Last Samurai Standing (Japanese: イクサガミ, Hepburn: Ikusagami) is a 2025 Japanese Netflix original live-action television series adapted from the novel of the same name written by Shogo Imamura. …

侍はたんなる兵士ではなく、「名こそ惜しけれ」という名誉を重んじるスピリットに支えられた存在であり、サムライ・スピリットの美学はサムライが身につけた日本刀や甲冑などにも現れています。 …

A traveler's introduction to the samurai, the Japanese warriors and member of the military class of feudal Japan.