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Samurai

The elite. The noble. The honorable. They carried two swords and lived by bushido, the way of the warrior. Sat at the top of the social order. Above merchants. Above artisans. Above farmers or anyone else. Yet in their own world, they were the lowest. The servants of the shogun. The servants of the daimyo. …

Ukiyo-e of a fully armored samurai warrior holding a naginata, wearing blue lamellar armor and a crescent moon helmet crest

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