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The warrior class in Japan , called bushi or samurai, held politcal power and leadership from the 12th century to the end of the 19th.

In the Edo era, they were ranked the highest of the four classes and former samurai were actively engaged in the modernisation of Japan at the end of the 19th century. Bushido therefore played an important role in moulding the …

the changes in Japanese culture which accompanied the modernisation.

 

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Uploaded on June 29, 2011
Taken on June 6, 2011