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Tango0109 Jan 2018 3:36 p.m. PST

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"The word samurai derives from the term meaning ‘one who serves' and refers to those allegiances to the military groupings which evolved around the 1oth century to protect and expand their provincial domains. They had a profound effect on the military and political state of the country, but they also formed their own aristocratic courts and became major patrons of the arts…."
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