samurai

Also known as buke, bushi

militare del Giappone feudale

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Samurai were members of Japan's professional warrior class who served as retainers to lords, training from childhood in martial skills like swordsmanship, archery, and horsemanship that often only they were legally permitted to possess. Their years of specialized training in these weapons made them militarily superior to conscripts and militia, giving them a distinct social and military role in pre-industrial Japanese society.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: profession
Subclass of: warrior
Country: Japan
Image: Samurai with sword.jpg
Said to be same as: bushi

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male form of label: samuraj
hashtag: samurai
topic has template: Template:Infobox samurai
Commons category: Samurai
topic's main category: Category:Samurai
Commons gallery: 侍
female form of label: samurai
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Article · Italiano

Con Samurai (侍?) s'indicano i membri della casta militare del Giappone feudale; simili sotto certi aspetti ai cavalieri dell'Europa medievale, questi guerrieri giocarono per diversi secoli un ruolo fondamentale nella storia giapponese. Il loro declino coincise con l'inizio dello Shogunato Tokugawa, che con la fine dell'epoca dei conflitti vide fortemente ridimensionata la loro figura, per poi essere completamente accantonata durante il Rinnovamento Meiji nel XIX secolo in favore di un esercito regolare di stampo europeo.

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