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Feudal warriors in Japan who fought on behalf of a daimyo
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Feudal lords in Japan who commanded large numbers of loyal warriors
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The military leaders of Japan who ruled on behalf of the emperor
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Peasants who worked the fields owned by feudal lords in Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Samurai () were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in the 1870s during the Meiji era. They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo, the great feudal landholders.
Detailed explanation-2: -The samurai, members of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, began as provincial warriors before rising to power in the 12th century with the beginning of the country’s first military dictatorship, known as the shogunate.
Detailed explanation-3: -The daimyo were powerful members of the elite “shimin” samurai class, at the top of Japan’s class system.
Detailed explanation-4: -The samurai were the soldier-nobles of feudal Japan, similar to the knights of feudal European society. Their position was hereditary and they served a daimyo in return for land. Below the samurai were foot soldiers. From 1603 to 1867, the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled Japan.