samurai during Shogun Tokugawa
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Tokugawa had been fearful of rebellion, therefore, a rule was made towards the Daimyo, that was Daimyo must live in capital. They were allowed to inspect their provinces once in a time, and not allowed to bring their family with them.
Samurai was a civil servant of the feudal, which was very loyal, to the authority and to the system of the country which counted on military. Samurai served a Shogun/Jenderalisimo which beat the barbarian ( Ruth Benedic, 1979). In each province, Shogun has Daimyo which authored the province/perfecture. Daimyo had samurai who’s been loyal with all their body and soul .
The Noble Caste of Samurai
Samurai in the past was getting into noble caste. They were a high class society with special rights. The Tokugawa period ( 1603) had signed the changing history on Japanese society. Tokugawa authority had spread over to thoroughly to the entire part of life, from education, legal act, government, and almost all level including suit and behavior of every level of society was being managed.
There were four class in Japanese society that time, first is Samurai, farmers, artists, and trader.
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The Spirit Of Samurai
Japanese is a country that is well-known with the so called ‘country of sakura’ or else ‘ sunrise country’. Hearing the word ‘Japan’ , for me, it is so identical with the term ‘samurai‘, a social community of Japanese heroes/soldiers.
The Japanese have a deep pride towards samurai, and so many kinds of stories, comics and movies to memorize it. It seems that the term ‘samurai’ doesn’t belong to Japanese only, it has been worldwide know. Even in the country I live, Indonesia, movies like Samurai X , Ronin the warrior, and some other samurai comics are familiar.