A samurai is “one who serves.” In ancient times, the term described ...

Re-read lines 51–60.
According to the article, what
happened to the samurai
during the shogunate of the
Tokugawa family? Underline
this information. How did
this historical happening
contribute to the development
of the martial art that
is still practiced today?
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samurai lived idly on payments provided by their lords.
Others entered government service or professions such
as teaching. As a substitute for actual fighting, the samurai
of the Tokugawa period developed the martial arts still
practiced by many people in Japan and elsewhere.
Members of the samurai class overthrew the Tokugawa
shogunate and brought Japan into the Western-dominated
modern world in the late nineteenth century. Although
samurai status was officially dissolved in the 1870s, many
people of samurai background continued to provide leadership
in modernizing Japan. Moreover, samurai values
remained deeply ingrained in the behavior of many
Japanese at least through World War II.
This samurai was photographed in 1860.
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