The Samurai way
The warrior class of Japan.
From the latter part of the Heian era (794-1185),the warriors of Japan were called bushi (buu-she), a term that had been introduced from China. In earlier times, court officials who waited upon the emperor were known as saburo-bitto, from the word saburo, which means "to serve" or "wait upon." Bushi assigned to guard the emperor came to be known as saburai. By the thirteenth century, hereditary warriors, as well as officials serving princes, court ministers, and other persons of high rank, were called saburai.
Saburai originally referred only to higher class warriors and court officials. Eventually it was changed to samurai just to make it easier to pronounce. Japan's famous class of samurai warriors was further strengthened by an institution established in 1185 by Minamoto Yoritomo , a few years before he set up the country's first shogunate government.
War played a central part in the history of Japan. Warring clans controlled much of the country. A chief headed each clan; made up of related families. The chiefs were the decendents of Japan's imperial family. The wars were usually about "land." Only 20% of the land was fit for farming. The struggle for control of that land eventually gave rise to the Samurai.
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