Japanese Samurai: Five Facts Samurai Warrior Facts

Japanese Samurai: Five Facts Samurai Warrior Facts samuri samurai' rather than representing actual samurai As early as the 1730s, Goi Ranshū , himself a teacher of Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism samuri Ranks, Attributes and Privileges · Kenin - referred to as housemen, functioning as administrators or vassals · Mounted samurai - Only high-

samuri Samurai Trans William Scott Wilson Tokyo : Kodansha International , 1979 Yamamura , Kozo , ed The Cambridge History of Japan , 3 : Medieval Japan

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