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Code of conduct ("Way of the Warrior") that the samurai followed; demanded warriors be loyal to their masters, as well as courageous and honorable; di...
Bushido
Leader of the Minamoto Clan who was given first title of shogun - founder of the first shogunate: the Kamakura Shogunate (based in the town of Kamakur...
Minamoto Yoritomo
Commander of all emperor's military forces and the actual rulers of Japan for many centuries (Emperor was a powerless spiritual figure)
shogun
In 1274 and 1281 China's Mongol emperor Kublai Khan sent out ships and warriors to invade Japan - the Mongols were defeated twice due to violent Pacif...
Mongol attack on Japan
"Divine wind" which the Japanese credited with blowing Mongol invaders away; later, during WW2, would be the name for Japanese pilots who deliberately...
kamikaze
A Japanese feudal lord who pledged loyalty to the emperor and shogun; ruled lands as independent kingdoms; to protect land, they created private armie...
daimyo
Military member (like samurai or knight) who received land in return for service and loyalty
vassal
A social system where a king or emperor provides lands to lords (wealthy nobles, etc.) for military support, and peasants worked the land in exchange...
feudalism
