24 Facts About Samurai

Samurai eventually seized control of the central government, establishing the first samurai-dominated government and relegating the emperor to figurehead status.

Samurai fought at the naval battle of Dan-no-ura, at the Shimonoseki Strait which separates Honshu and Kyushu in 1185.

Samurai came within a few years of, and laid down the path for his successors to follow, the reunification of Japan under a new bakufu.

Samurai died in 1582 when one of his generals, Akechi Mitsuhide, turned upon him with his army.

Samurai commanded most of Japan's major clans during the invasion of Korea.

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Samurai ordered his followers to put forth great effort in studying the military classics, especially those related to loyalty and filial piety.

Samurai is best known for his quote: "If a man does not investigate into the matter of Bushido daily, it will be difficult for him to die a brave and manly death.

Samurai stated that it was shameful for any man to have not risked his life at least once in the line of duty, regardless of his rank.

Samurai is best known for his saying, "The way of the samurai is in desperateness.

Samurai observed: "The Japanese are much braver and more warlike than the people of China, Korea, Ternate and all of the other nations around the Philippines.

Samurai were expected to be cultured and literate and admired the ancient saying "bunbu-ryodo" or "The pen and the sword in accord".

Samurai was usually named by combining one kanji from his father or grandfather and one new kanji.

Samurai normally used only a small part of their total name.

Samurai were given the privilege of carrying two swords and using 'samurai surnames' to identify themselves from the common people.

Samurai had arranged marriages, which were arranged by a go-between of the same or higher rank.

Samurai could take concubines, but their backgrounds were checked by higher-ranked samurai.

Samurai was provided with generous revenues: "For the services that I have done and do daily, being employed in the Emperor's service, the Emperor has given me a living".

Samurai finally wrote "God hath provided for me after my great misery", by which he meant the disaster-ridden voyage that initially brought him to Japan.

Samurai later married a Japanese woman, taking the name and samurai status of her late husband, Okamoto San'emon, and lived in Japan until his death in 1685, at the age of 83.

Samurai armor changed and developed as the methods of samurai warfare changed over the centuries.

Samurai'sll-shaped cask, iron and papier-mache for the shell, beginning of the Edo Period.

Samurai fought with a bamboo stalk on his back and would mark the heads of his defeated enemies by putting bamboo leaves in their cut necks or mouths, since he couldn't carry every head.

Samurai were usually loyal to their immediate superiors, who in turn allied themselves with higher lords.

The animated series, Afro Samurai, became well-liked in American popular culture because of its blend of hack-and-slash animation and gritty urban music.