The Legend of the Samurai

By Chris

Samurais are Japanese fighting warriors. When samurai fought they had to wear a certain kind of suit. All the important samurai lived in castles. All the time they had to carry around a wooden shield and a sword. Samurai fought for power. In 1868 some young samurai seized power from Emperor Meiji. They brought in Western experts to make railroads and factories and trained a modern army and navy. Professional samurai did not wear just any old suit they wore a fancy colored suit.

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