Samurai: History and Legend — Arts & Culture

samurai69Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him. When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is toldSamurai were a class of hhly skilled warriors that arose in Japan after the Taika reforms of A.D. 646, which included land redistribution and heavy new taxes meant to support an elaborate Chinese-style empire.