HURRY PLEASE IM BEGGING I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST AND 100 POINTS PLEASE ITS DUE BY TONIGHT Write an informative, research-based essay about the characteristics of life as a samurai and how the samurai influenced Japanese culture. Use evidence from your research to support your essay.

The samurai were a warrior class in Japan. They helped the daimyo create a shogunate. The samurai became one of the most recognizable warrior classes in history. Their beliefs and the code they lived by shaped Japanese culture.

In an essay of four paragraphs, answer the following question: What were the characteristics of life as a samurai, and how did the samurai influence Japanese culture?

Be sure to include two of the following:

Role within the social hierarchy
Weapons/armor
Beliefs/values
Influence on government
Influence on culture
Your essay should be a total of four paragraphs, including an introduction, an informative paragraph about some of the characteristics of life as a samurai, a paragraph about how the samurai influenced Japanese culture, and a conclusion.

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For more than 800 years, the samurai have shown and teaching honor, duty, and service that remains in Japanese society still today. The samurai helped lay the foundations of Japan's culture.  They held values and morals that have held up for so many years, it is wonderful that they have held on to them for so long. If it were not for the samurai influence Japan may not have the same exact views on how to live there life. Samurai's are a very important part of Japaneses culture.

Explanation:

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                                                                                                                      Explanation: First Samurai warriors training the fighters where taught individual sword techniques schools of swordsmanship were developed. They were taught by experts who were called sensei or teacher. During practice, the soldiers used wooden swords. One of the tricks they used is Kata, where you move gradually and put your full force after causing more energy. For more damage at war.                                                                                                            Next Samurai appearance The Samurai is expected to be a role model to the lower classes by their appearance. A samurai wore fine traditional clothes. The soldiers had to wear the kamishimo. It is a combination of a conventional jacket or a haori and a hakama (trousers). The two parts have similar designs and colors, including the daimyo's mon on the back and the breast. When it comes to informal attire, kobakama or breeches are used.                                                                                                                                  Moving on to how Samurai affected modern-day life in japan today, Zen gardens and tea ceremonies are still famous today. Those are Samurai practices from the past that are still alive today. It is where they have traditions of different levels of formality. These are usually done in cultural centers, traditional gardens, and even hotels. In business practices, Samurai inspired workplaces to respect loyalty, courage, trust, and be calm while working.                                                                                     Finally, a little bit more of Samurai is, Samurai followed a strict code of honor called Bushido. Bushido is code for the Samurai so that they can have benefit. Still, Bushido isn't just about the help. Bushido is also about courage, self-control, politeness, mercy, and Justice. For more than 800, the Samurai have shown and taught teaching honor, duty, and service that remains in Japanese society still today. Whenever a samurai walked past someone, that person would have to bow if they did not, the Samurai would decapitate them. Samurai were mostly men, but their wives were taught how to fight as well. These female warriors were called Onna Bushi. They were instructed to protect their homes from invaders or robbers when the Samurai were away; they used a Naginata weapon. It was a polearm with a long blade at the end, kind of like a katana but turned into a pole with the handle.                                  

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