Age of the Samurai

I. Origins
A. Late 930s
B. Kant Plain
C. Local Militia during the Heian period
governed aristocratic land holdings
D. First warrior bands were mostly family
organizations

II. Characteristics during the

Heian Period
A. Weaponry
B. Armor
C. Strategies and
Tactics
D. Soldiers
E. Command
F. Armies
G. Pedigree

III. Development of a Warrior

Class
A. Feudal-like entities by 11th century
B. Leaders were the Taira or the Minamoto
C. Real ruling class of the country from the
late 12th century
D. First military government was
established by Minamoto Yoritomo at
Kamakura in Eastern Japan in 1192

E. Frequent Warfare
F. Overthrown in 1333, and replaced by
the Ashikaga shogunate, which ruled
from 1333 1573

IV. Warrior Government

Minamoto Yoritomo
(1148-1199)
Seii Taishgun
(barbarian subduing
generalissimo)
Bakufu
Kant
Gokenin

Hjo
Jei Code
Jit
Shugo
Mongol Invasions
nin War
Sengoku Jidai

V. Unification under Samurai rule

A. Rise of the Daimy
B. Three great unifiers: da Nobunaga,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa
Ieyasu
C. Infantry and Firearms
D. During this time, peasants and samurai
were separated into distinct hereditary
classes