Samurai

The Samurai were a warrior class in feudal Japan, their power was diminished by political change and the introduction of firearms.

The quickest and easiest way to find out more is to go to your local public library or just try the term on Google.

Googlesearch: Samurai "history of" = 127,000 matchs. Happy Reading!!

thank you Mr. Stillwater and Adrian =) i should have thought of a google search, lol, but it didn't so again, thank you very much, i will have a lot of reading to do, this will be fun.

- Rain

The Hagakure is a good source, as is most of Daisetsu Suzuki's work on Zen.

Also, try the classical Japanese arts categories at e-budo.com, for more info.

thank you hobitbob, this is very helpfull =)

- River

Osu!