Samurai (À¾ or, more rarely, Γ₯£«) was a term for the military nobility in pre- industrial japan who were active primarily between the tenth and nineteenth century. The word samurai is derived from the Ò€¦ In the japanese language, the word samurai was colloquial and its meaning varied over the centuries.

Whatever happened to the samurai? The samurai were a preeminent class defending japan for centuries. But as the tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded,