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Japanese History: Samurai (さむらい) Posted by Ginny on Dec 13, 2008
I recently watched a movie on dvd called The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise and Watanabe Ken. It wasn’t too bad, and it rekindled my admiration for the samurai (さむらい) code. First off, what is a samurai (さむらい)? A samurai (さむらい) is a swordsman of noble rank. The samurai (さむらい) class was actually created to serve…