Casas,+Eduardo

=SAMURAI=

PERIOD 1
= = == = = = = =TABLE OF CONTENTS= PAGE 1.........Introduction PAGE 2........Education PAGE 3.........Marriage PAGE 4..........Philosophy PAGE 5..........Weapons PAGE 6............Women PAGE 7.............Myths and Reality PAGE 8...........Conclusion PAGE 9...........Bibliogrophy

=INTRODUCTION= =page 1= Samurai's were foot soldiers in ancient japan, they sometimes rode horses. They used many types of weapons such as bows and arrows, swords , spears and early guns. Samurai were to live life by the code of Bushido, also known as The Way Of The Warrior. The basic concepts of Bushido were loyalty, self dicipline , and respect. Samurai's were hardly ever captured because if a samurai lost in battle he would cut straight through the stomache with a smaller sword that all samurai carried comiting suicide.



=EDUCATION=

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Samurai's were suposed to know how to read and write and also how to do math. samurai's were tought strict obedience. if a samurai was told to comit suide by someone superior he was to do so. The samurai carried two swards a long one and a small one. The small one was called a Tanto. If told to kill him self he wold cut through his stomache with the Tanto spilling his guts. if he showed any pain they would cut off his head.



=MARRIAGE=

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Samurai's could only marry by having some one in the same or higher rank arrange the marriage. Samurai's in higher ranks had very little chances of meeting a woman. For higher ranked samurai, most women that they married came from a samurai family. For lower ranked samurai's, they could marry normal women. If a samurai had a son with a woman that didn't come from a samurai family the son would be a samurai. Not with female's unless the wife came from a samurai family. The samurai could get a divorce for many reasons with the approval of a superior. One is that the wife couldn't have kids an adoption would be arranged by a superior instead of the divorce. A samurai could divorce if he didn't like her, but they hardly did that because they would embarrass the samurai that arranged the marriage. The women could divorce too.

= PHILOSOPHY=

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There were many religions in the samaurai culture. All influenced the culture too. One was Buddhism. The main philosophy of buddhism was that they belived in reincarnaiton and rebirth. And the things u do in this life will affect what your next life will be like. This was why many samurai stopped torturing people and stopped needless killing. And some samurai even gave up violence and became buddhist monks. Zen was also important because one of the most improtant teaching was meditating to calm one. Another one was confucianism which tought the importance of showing their loyalty to their god. One philosophy all samurai went was called Bushido, also known as "The way of the warrior" , tought the samurai loyalty , honor , courage , and recititude. Bushido was the samurai code of conduct. This was made by Tokuagawa Shogunate in the Edo period so they could control the samurai easier.

=WEAPONS=

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The samurai used many weapons. They used spears, swords , bow and arrows , early guns. But the katana was their primary weapon. Samurai carried two swords, a long sword and a small dagger. Bushido teaches that the katana is the samurai's soul. Some samurai even gave their katana a name. Samurai were always armed. When going inside a house a samurai would leave the katana outside but still have the dagger to protect hims self. And when a samurai slept, he would keep his dagger under his pillow. When a child was born he, would get a small toy dagger the he would put on a purse/wallet he would ware when he was 5. The samurai also needed armour as much as weapons. Most samurai armour coverd half the face, arms , chest , head , and legs.



=WOMEN=

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The main duty of a woman was to keep the house clean. Especially when the samurai husbands were always traveling. Wives back then were called okusan, that meant "one who remains at home". the women took care of the kids too. And sometimes having to defend their home. This is why samurai women were trained with a special knife called the naginata, or another special sword called kaiken. some traits that was special in samurai women were, obedience, self-control, strength, and loyalty. They were also encharged of teaching the children, taking care of old people , and dealing with fiancial matters. They didn't have to pay taxes because samurai wern't charged taxes.



=MYTH AND REALITY=

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Most samurai fallowed the code and were expected to set an example to the samurai in lower ranks. A part of the code allowed a samurai to regain his honor by dieing. But not all samurai fallowed to code. But most samurai were loyal to their supirior, which was higher ranked samurai. Allot of people today think all samurai fought face to face. But not all samurai did that. Some samurai atacked their enemy from the back when he wasn't looking. Some samurai even fought sometimes like ninjas.



=CONCLUSION=

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In conclusion samurai were great warriors in ancient japan. They used many wepons too. Ive learned allot of things from this reasearch report, like all the diffrerent wepons they used , about their amour , and the samurai women. Not all samurai were men, but only women could become a samurai by being the daughter of a samurai or coming from a samurai family. And i also learned that a samurai also had to learn math. And finally i learned that not all samurai were loyal, and that some atcked other people behind their back.

=BIBLIOGROPHY=