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What were the reasons for the decline of the power of the Samurai in Ancient Japan?
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What were the reasons for the decline of the power of the Samurai in Ancient Japan? The Samurai are widely recognised by many historians as some of the greatest, if not the greatest, warriors ever to live due, not only to their technical ability, but because of the strict code they follow known as 'Bushido' which roughly translates as 'way of the warrior.' For these reasons the question could be asked why such a formidable power faded from power in the country of their origin, Japan. During this essay I would like to address such reasons as colonial battles for power and the strict code of Bushido to explain the decrease of power of the Samurai. Samurai itself can be translated into English to mean 'slave' and this is because the Samurai started as slaves to the powerful landowners that controlled Japan during the time the influence of the Samurai began to...
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