V.RARE STATUES 1/6 SCALE.Three Japanese Samurai warriors in armour and ready for battle with their weapons on stand-by Position.Οnly the superior in the hierarchy seats

V.RARE STATUES 1/6 SCALE. Three Japanese Samurai warriors in armour and ready for battle with their weapons on stand-by Position. Οnly the superior in the hierarchy seats During the 15th and 16th centuries there were many warring factions, but later wars reduced in number. The fearsome warriors wore plate armour and a vast array of weapons including the bow and arrow, spears, guns, and of course, the Samurai sword. But as peace seemed to endure during the Edo period, many became teachers, artists or bureaucrats as the need for martial skills became less important. And when Emperor Meiji came to power in 1868 he began to abolish the Samurai’s powers. Firstly, he stripped their right to be the only armed force in Japan and began to introduce a western style conscripted army from 1873. The Samurai became the shizoku, merging with another social class under Meiji reforms and the right to wear a katana (sword) was lost along with the power to execute anyone who disrespected them in public. The name shizoku continued to be a part of Japanese culture until the end of World War Two but was outlawed in 1947. Despite the Samurai making up no more than 10 per cent of the Japanese population at its height, its influence is still heavily seen in Japanese culture, in particular modern martial arts.