Some important samurai and other figures in Japanese history wanted others to believe all of them engaged combatants using bushido codes of martial virtues and followed impractical cultural ideals about what samurai should act like. Samurai were granted kiri-sute gomen: the right to kill anyone of a lower class in certain situations. They had high prestige and special privileges.įollowing the passing of a law in 1629, samurai on official duty were required to practice daishō (wear two swords). They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo, the great feudal landholders. Samurai ( 侍) 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. JSTOR ( September 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī samurai in his armor in the 1860s.
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