The ideal samurai was supposed to be a stoic warrior who followed an unwritten code of conduct, later formalized as Bushidō, which held bravery, honour, and personal loyalty above life itself; ritual suicide by disembowelment (seppuku) was institutionalized as a respected alternative to dishonour or defeat.
Samurai were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan. These photos of cool Samurai from the 19th century that make you admire.
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Oda Nobuyoshi |
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Sakuzaemon Yamanouchi |
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Ōkuma Shigenobu |
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Takasugi Shinsaku |
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Matsudaira Yoshinaga |
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Tadataka Mizuno |
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Enomoto Takeaki |
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Yamaoka Tesshū |
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Ōkubo Toshimichi |
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Fukuzawa Yukichi |
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Chikaratsunemori Yokoyama |
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Heikuro Shibusawa |
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Hidetoshi Egawa |
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Hijikata Toshizō |
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Jojiro Ogata |
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Katsu Kaishū |
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Matsudaira Katamori |
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Kogoro Katsura |
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Masayuki Okudaira |
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Tokugawa Mochinaga |
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Ogasawara Nagamichi |
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Ikeda Nagaoki |
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Nakaoka Shintarō |
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Shimazu Nariakira |