Samurai (also known as bushi) were members of Japan's military class. The samurai used and were experts in many weapons of their time but their most famous weapon, and the symbol of who they were, was the katana, more commonly known as the samurai sword. The belief structure and culture were based on the idea of Bushido, which means 'the way of the warrior' and advocated unquestioning loyalty to the master at all costs and obedience in all deeds, valuing honor above life. Bushido was so important to the samurai that they would die or commit suicide with a strict formal method called Seppuku by cutting their own stomach with a sword before being captured or dying a dishonorable death. This is a brief history of Japan as it relates to the samurai.
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