WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST AND 43 POINTS 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.

Samurai were great warriors from Japan in the 10th century. Samurai followed a strict code of honor called Bushido, Bushido is a code for the samurai so that they can have honor but bushido isn't only just about honor, 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 they would be decapitated by the samurai. Samurai were mostly men but their wives were taught how to fight as well these female warriors were called Onna Bushi they were taught to protect their homes from invaders or robbers when the samurai were away, they used a weapon called the Naginata it was a polearm with a long blade at the end kind of like a katana but with the handle turned into a pole.Explanation:

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