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Japanese Samurai were famous warriors, as well as skilled administrators

2007-03-09 00:04:42 · 1 answers · asked by sanne 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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The samurai were an integral part of the Japanese feudal system and consequently their contribution to Japanese culture and ritual was immense.

Indeed as there was largely reigning peace during much of the various Shogunates, their cultural role was far more important than the military aspect (in terms of their local government of regions of the country then far removed from the capital Kyoto).

The Samurai culture was a key to strengthening the traditional way of life after the Tokugawa shogunate instituted an effective enforced isolation of the country after taking power.

The system only fell apart (along with many of Japan's cultural traditions) after the American military forced the shogunate to open up to the outside world, resulting in the shogunate's collapse and the rise of a highly modernising state headed directly by the Emperor.

2007-03-11 07:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 2 0

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