How the Samurai Relate to the Japanese Nobility and Imperial Court

Although the Samurai would come to rule Japan for centuries, does that mean that they were also officially part of the nobility? How does this relate to the Imperial court? In this video we explore these fascinating topics.

This video is done in collaboration with "Samurai and Ninja History" and "Sengoku Studies戦国研究" Check out their Japanese nobility videos!
Samurai and Ninja History:    • The Emperor of Japan  
Sengoku Studies戦国研究:    • The Practice of Ohaguro お歯黒, teeth bl...  

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Sources Used:
"A History of Japan" by RHP Mason and JG Caiger
"A History of the Samurai" by Jonathan López-Vera
"Japanese Culture: 4th Edition" by Paul Varley
"Feudalism in Japan" by Peter Duus
"Samurai Battles" by Michael Sharpe
Additional information found through the Japanese Wiki Corpus

I also want to thank Sengoku Studies for helping me proofread my script for this video. This is a subject I am not a familiar with so it was nice to have an extra set of eyes check things over!

Here is the article I mentioned that discusses the "Law on the emperor and the court nobles" https://www.japanesewiki.com/history/...


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Music:
"Miki Rhapsody for Koto" preformed by Reiko Kimura.

Artwork and Images:
Classical art, which in most cases can be considered public domain.
Art from Osprey Publications.
Other modern artist renditions and photos, if you see your work in this video please contact me so that I can give you proper credit!

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