samurai era
Warrior caste period
The samurai era refers broadly to the period of Japanese history when the samurai warrior class held political and military power, roughly from the late 12th century through the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
The term appears in discussions of Japanese history, martial arts, and cultural traditions: The katana was the iconic weapon of the samurai era.
Also called feudal Japan.
- katanaCurved Japanese fighting blade
- sword fightingCombat with bladed weapons
- kimonoWraparound Japanese garment
- silk robesGarments of fine thread
- shogunJapan's military supreme commander
feudal Japan · feudal lord · bushido · sankin-kotai · ronin · floating world · daimyo · castle fortifications · tea ceremony · castle · rice fields · cherry · paper lantern · sword · temple · Muromachi period · warrior · warrior code
- Medieval Eraknights, Middle Ages, castles, feudal lords, medieval period
- erasepoch, age, bronze age, period, Renaissance Italy
- Asian ErasTang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, Muromachi period, Three Kingdoms
- military erasWorld War I, Vietnam War, Korean War, Hundred Years War, Thirty Years War
- Nichiren Buddhismvalue creation, high priest, priesthood, religious schism, temple worship
social/political structure
samurai eracivilian rule
Government by elected officials
parliamentary democracy · egalitarian society · bourgeois society