Japanese Samurai in Armour

A distinct social class, the samurai served powerful clans called daimyo and the military dictators, or shoguns, who ruled Japan from the 12th century until 1868. The samurai lived by a rigid code of conduct called Bushido, or “the way of the warrior”, which encompassed ideals of loyalty and sacrifice.

Hulton Deutsch

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Edo Period; Samurai

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