The relations among lords, shogun and Emperor would be explained in short, this way. Emperor has been regarded as the legitimate ruler to govern Japan and shogun was appointed by Emperor as the top of military or his guard, who gained gradually social power with their powerful force. Later, shogun became virtually the ruler of the country.

Emperor has had absolute authority

But shoguns did not get out emperor, instead they made use of the authority of emperor, as their social status was lower than emperors, who lived in a rather ordinary residence, not the solid castles like shogun and lords. In the samurai world, loyalty to the superior authority was most important.

The philosophy of samurai age

Samurai fought, not afraid of death for their superiors. There is a phrase: The way of samurai is to die. It was honorable to hara-kiri, when a samurai does something wrong in his duty or fail in a fight. On the other hand. samurai was given some kind of rewards when he defeated the enemy or beneficial conducts was made for the domain.

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