The Japanese people see them selves in a historical perspective that is based on the

samurai age (Reischauer 41) Inanzo Nitobe, a Japanese merchant who was present at the

landings of Commodore Perry in japan, once stated, "What Japan was she owed to the samurai.

They were not only the flower of the nation, but it's the root as well. All the gracious gifts of

heaven flowed through them,"( Nitobe 159-160). The samurai was the group with the biggest

impact on japan. Japanese beliefs and actions in feudal japan revolved around the samurai warrior

class. Some of the samurai beliefs and actions are still present in japan today. The Japanese

samurai code of Bushido greatly impacted Feudal Japan and has had a lasting impact on modern

The Japanese title of samurai in English means servitors (Reischaur 52). The samurai

served the Japanese people as leaders of religion, society, governing, and every day life. They

were also good role models to the people on how to live a honorable fulfilled life. The samurai

had it's own caste or social class just below the shoguns who ruled Japan. Durin

lived and the ways of Bushido that they believed in said that this was their position in society.

The woman in feudal Japan would so bravery and honor that was greater than that of

fields so there was not a single weed and the edges were perfectly cut out so it also looked neat

shoguns was common place in Japan at that time. The samurai was the shogun's only soldier like

merchants were supposed to also. Farmers were supposed to get up early every day to weed their

Such as what food to buy, what kind of fabric for clothes, how much was to be spent on tools and

According to Zen Buddhism your children are a gift that should be cherished (anythangt 00).

the samurai were the permanent political ruler, moral exemplar, and the arbitrator of manners and

Stoical acceptance of death and bravery were common place in the Japanese soldiers of World

big honor to capture a samurai before he committed suicide or the seppuka. When samurai's

preformed. They would also wright literature such as poems, haiku, and many short stories about

slitting"(Reischaur 57). This is a example of stoical acceptance of death and honor. It was also a

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