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    THE SAMURAI

    Oct 29, 2021 3 minutes
    By Randall Moffett

    By the sixteenth century, the samurai were well established when Japan entered into a period of near-constant warfare that would lead to its unification under the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603.

    The samurai had developed into a very effective military force. Victory in battle and control of the land rested on the calibre and number of such men. Samurai loyally served the lords of the realm, and had a code of behaviour

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