The Samurai
Short History Of...
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Samurai and the Show Gun
The tokugawa period is a privileged aristocracy that starts off about ten and it drops to about five % by the end of the period. They've got nowhere to go. They're leeching off the people who are doing all the real work, and they're desperately trying to justify themselves aso. But in the mid tenth century, the shogan, who derives much of his authority from the past, is about to be undermined by a vision of the future. It's 18 52. Japanese fishermen in ado bay are hauling in their nets when they notice strange ripples on the surface of the water. Moments later, a distant in sound makes them look up, and there
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