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Most of us know about the Samurai and the Ninja, but they weren't the only badass warriors roaming around feudal Japan.
In this video I will count down 6 different classes that have been active in Japan from the 12th to the beginning of the 17th century. Here are 6 warrior classes of feudal Japan.


Written, narrated and animated by Matty Lukman.


All pictures are under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.


The following pictures are used under the CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY 4.0 licence:


Samurai in armor in the 1860s; hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato.
Daishō style sword mounting, gold banding on red-lacquered ground. 16th century, Azuchi–Momoyama period. Important Cultural Property. Tokyo National Museum.
Bushidō - The Way of the Warrior. Written in Japanese kanji by Norbert Weber-Karatelehrer.
4 antique forged Japanese bo shuriken. Iron throwing darts Bo shuriken with linen flight by Samuraiantiqueworld.
Kamakura Daibutsu of Kōtoku-in temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan by H. Grobe.
A naginata forged by Osafune Katsumitsu, Muromachi period, 1503, Tokyo National Museum by SLIMHANNYA.
17th-century arquebus at the Château de Foix museum, France by Tylwyth Eldar.
Jodo Shinshu Buddhist altar with the Seven Masters enshrined by geraldford.
Antique Japanese samurai tanegashima pistol by Worldantiques.
This display case at Gifu Castle shows many kasa of the type known as jingasa by I, PHGCOM.
Map showing the territories of major daimyō families around 1570 CE by Ro4444.
Antique Japanese gappa (travel cape) and cloth zukin (hood) with kusari (chain armour) concealed underneath by Samuraiantiqueworld.
Osaka Castle in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan by 663highland.
Shiba Yoshimasa of Shiba clan, one of the Shugo-daimyo by Musuketeer.3.



Thanks to:

Samurai illustrations by naulicrea.
Torii - Famous Landmark Illustration by Graphiqa.
The Cute Ninja by khurasan.
Cherry blossoms by Tananchai.
Seriously cool Japanese music by MusicService.
Lots of amazing transitions and openers by mssf and nguluidu.
Additional graphics by malbred and savagerus.
Outro animation by PickmeDigital.