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- Commiting suicide by performing seppuku, was the only way for a disgraced samurai to gain his honor once again.
Question 1:
Commiting suicide by performing seppuku, was the only way for a disgraced samurai to gain his honor once again.
A. True
B. False
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- One ceremony was extremely important for every samurai - Genpuku. In this ceremony, a samurai changed his child name to an adult one and received his first swords. Only then the samurai could marry. Genpuku would be held as early as this age.
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- 1867 was the year of the resignation of the last shogun. The emperor became once again the leader of Japan and in 1871 the privileges of the Samurai caste were taken away. This caused many social problems, because samurai warriors represented nearly 8% of the population of Japan at that time. What was the name of this famous, last shogun?
- Although their privileges were abolished, these noble warriors were still determined to protect Japan from becoming dependent on the Western World. In 1877, the rebellious samurai gathered under the command of Saigo Takamori. Their weaponry was inferior and their army was highly outnumbered, but they didnt give up. They suffered many casualties and the last survivors fought to death in this battle.