This part of the armor, located on the front of the helmet.
What is the crest?
100
The samurais' importace and influence grew during this period, when powerful land owners hired private warriors for the protection of their proporties.
What is the heian period?
100
After a defeat, some samurai chose to commit ritual suicide or this by cutting out there abdomen rather than being captred or dying a dishonorable death.
What is seppuku?
200
The other main weapon besides swords are guns and this.
What is a bow and arrow?
200
These tiny steel plates cover the most vulnerable parts of the body.
What is fish scales?
200
In 1185, the minamoto defeated the taira, and minamoto yoritomo established a new military government in this man in 1192.As shogun, the highest military officer, he became the ruler of japan.
What is the kamakura period?
200
Samurai gave their swords names as they belived their sword contained their this.
What is their warrior spirit?
300
This weapon is also thought to be "the soul of samurai."
What is a katana?
300
This piece of armor protects the arm.
What is the sleeve armor?
300
During this period, japan consisted of dozens of independant states who fought each other constanly.Conseqentaly, the demand for samurai was very high. Between the wars many samurai worked on farms.
What is the Muromachi period?
300
The point of the samurai sword is called this.It's the hardest part to forge.
What is the kissaki?
400
This weapon, a small knife or dagger, was sometimes used to preform a seppuku, a form of ritual suicide,
What is a tanto?
400
The haidate protects this part of your leg.
What is your thigh?
400
During this period, toyotomi hideyoshi reunited japan he started to introduce a rigid social caste system wich was later completed by tokugawa leyasu and his successers. Hideyoshi forced all samurai to chose between a life on the farm and a warrior in castle town.
What is the Azuchi-Momoyama period?
400
A samurais this was his most sacred possesion.He relied on it to defend himself and spiritually it held his soul.
What is a sword?
500
This, or kanabo was a wooden club clad in iron, with iron studs accounting for perhaps a third of the weapons length.
What is a tetsbo?
500
This piece of armor protects your shoulder.
What is the sode?
500
All samurai were forced to live in castle towns and recived income from there lords in form of rice.Masterless samurai were called ronin and caused minor problems during the early this period.