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Samurai, Bushido and the Warrior Class

Understand who the samurai were, what bushido valued, and why the warrior class mattered in shogunate society.

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Warriors inside a hierarchy

Samurai were not just dramatic figures with swords. They were a professional warrior class embedded in a political system of loyalty, service and status under shogunate rule.