Mike Nevin Mr. Shipley World Civ.2 period-1 January 6 2000 The Samurai, the Leader and Biggest Influence to Japan The Japanese people see them selves in a historical perspective that is based on the samurai age (Reischauer 41) Inanzo Nitobe, a Japanese merchant who was present at the landings of Commodore Perry in japan, once stated, “What Japan was she owed to the samurai. They were not only the flower of the nation, but it’s the root …showed first 75 words of 2100 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2100 total…most beautiful in the world. The Japanese were and still famous for their Bonsai trees. A bonsai tree is a dwarf like tree, that takes a lot of skill to maintain (encarta 1). The samurai put equal if not more emphases on Literature. Samurai spent much of their time writing. The lower classes would also write in their spare time (Lewis 46). Intellectual skills were desired by many Japanese unlike other areas of the world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**