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Samurai
When I think of Japan I think of the skills and fighting ability of the Samurai warriors. It is amazing all of the different things that a Samurai has to know to be able to become a true Samurai warrior. Samurai also reminds me of the movie Last Samurai with Tom Cruise. In this paper I am going to tell some of the things about the way of a Samurai.
The Japanese samurai warriors came into existence in the 12th century when two powerful Japanese clans fought bitter wars against each other. The Japanese clans were the Taira and the Minamato. At that time the Japanese shogunate, a system of a military ruler, called the shogun was formed. Under the shogun the next person in rule was the daimyo, local rulers comparable to dukes in Europe. The Japanese samurai were the military holds. Ronin are samurai without a master.
According to historians the fierce fights between hostile clans and warlords was mainly a battle for land. Only 20 percent of Japan's rugged and......

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