Samurai [Contest Entry]

Samurai were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.


In Japanese, they are usually referred to as bushi or buke.

By the end of the 12th century, samurai became almost entirely synonymous with bushi,
and the word was closely associated with the middle and upper echelons
of the warrior class. The samurai were usually associated with a clan and their lord, were trained as officers in military tactics and grand strategy, and they followed a set of rules that later came to be known as the bushidō. While the samurai numbered less than 10% of then Japan's population, their teachings can still be found today in both everyday life and in modern Japanese martial arts.



This skin shows a Samurai in their every-day clothing, something similar to this.