Samurai
Samurai, in Japan the military retinue of the daimyo (see above). Numbering 400,000, they formed a hereditary class and had the privilege of carrying two swords. After the Restoration, this privilege was taken away from them, and their pensions were paid off through a one-time payment; since 1878 they have been called shizoku. This Japanese knightly class also included the hatamato, the samurai of the Tokugawa shogunate. Recently, attempts have been made to establish the samurai code of honor, “Buschido” (i.e., the way of the warrior), as the national ethic of the Japanese (see Yamato damash). See Ronin.
Samurai Miniatures
- Early Samurai (12th–16th Century), 28 mm Dixon SAM-AP1
- Late Samurai (1550–1615), 28 mm Dixon SAM-AP2
- Ikko Ikki Monk Army (16th Century), 28 mm Dixon SAM-AP3
- Samurai Army Headquarters, 1:72 Zvezda 8029
- Japanese Samurai and Ninja, 1:72 Caesar H003
- Samurai, 1:72 HYTTY 1001
- Samurai Warriors, 1:72 LW 2011
- Samurai (Shogun Boardgame), 1:72 Milton Bradley
- Samurai, 1:72 Odemars PF01
- Samurai Warrior Monks, 1:72 Stegmann WI-04
- Samurai Army – Infantry, 1:72 Zvezda 8017
- Samurai Warriors – Cavalry, 1:72 Zvezda 8025
Source: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, 6. Auflage 1905–1909