https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx Share what you thought was cool/ interesting about life in Ancient Japan for the Samurai! en-us 2020-10-29 12:56:18 UTC 2025-12-11 20:36:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f92f.png 24seeleyo https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873420359 By the 13th century the husbands had control over their household and their wives. ]]> 2020-10-29 14:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873420359 https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873444135 Japan built their army by drafting inexperienced and unreliable people to fight for them.]]> 2020-10-29 14:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873444135 24tlamson https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873490559 The word samurai come from the word subaru which means to serve. The first samurais were made up of Mercenaries.]]> 2020-10-29 15:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873490559 24kreardon https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873498138 Children as young as three could participate in Samurai training, and someone recommended encouraging the aspects of being a Samurai on infants.]]> 2020-10-29 15:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873498138 24mulcahyd https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873597100 Minamoto Voritomo the first Shogun of Japan, created a lot of local governments run by Samurai when he took power.]]> 2020-10-29 15:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873597100 https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873644148 I thought it was interesting that they replaced their military with professional mercenaries. ]]> 2020-10-29 15:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873644148 24tiltonp https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873737405 One thing I thought was interesting was that they encouraged children who were three to start fighting with wooden swords and then by the age of five they were using real metal swords]]> 2020-10-29 15:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/873737405 24combsj https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876039849 Due to religion,their diet consisted of lots of fruits,veggies,rice,etc. The economy wasn't the best which caused their meals to be frugal. The higher class you were, the better foods you were eating. ]]> 2020-10-30 11:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876039849 https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876060409 i found it interesting that they encouraged children to fight with wooden swords and sticks (at least they weren't real swords)]]> 2020-10-30 12:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876060409 https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876185877 If you wanted to be a samurai they started training kids at ages as young as three and encouraged them to train with wooden swords. I thought this was quite strange and interesting at the same time. ]]> 2020-10-30 12:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876185877 https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876400002 If children were born into the Samurai family they could start as little as 3 yrs old. ]]> 2020-10-30 13:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876400002 https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876482469 Samurai had it rough economically and were treated more as merchants and faced of the same financial problems the merchants faced.]]> 2020-10-30 14:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876482469 https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876640844 They trained kids very young to be Samurais. And it was one of biggest parts that took place in their lives. ]]> 2020-10-30 14:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/876640844 24aishii https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/877211592 I learned that most samurai were Zen Buddhists. Samurai principles aligned with the philosophy and values of Zen Buddhism. ]]> 2020-10-30 17:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/877211592 24anconan https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/877420786 The word samurai is also another word for subaru which means to serve.]]> 2020-10-30 18:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/877420786 24carbonem https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/878566019 I think it is cool that the Samurai were originally imperial guards]]> 2020-10-31 12:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/meshaw4/w8kd880akjkfgbtx/wish/878566019