Samurai Samurai (Jap. 侍, also used in Japanese as 'bushi' | Honest historian
Samurai
Samurai (Jap. 侍, also used in Japanese as "bushi" (武士)) - in feudal Japan, secular male feudal lords ranging from large ruling princes (daimyo) to petty nobles. Although the words "samurai" and "bushi" are very close in meaning, "bu" (warrior) is a broader concept and does not always refer to a samurai. An analogy is often drawn between the samurai and European medieval chivalry, but this comparison is largely incorrect.
The word "samurai" itself comes from an ancient indefinite form of the verb "to serve" (Jap 侍ふ saburau); that is, a samurai is a human servant. Samurai were not only warrior-knights. They were both bodyguards of their daimyo and at the same time his servants in everyday life.
The main weapons of the samurai were the two Japanese swords, the daisyo. In the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries these were the katana and wakizashi. In addition, the samurai had to wield a long bow. The samurai's armor consisted of many plates tightly fitting together.
