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They are listed alphabetically by their family names. Some changed their names and they are listed by their final names. Note that this list is not complete or comprehensive; the total number of persons who belonged to the samurai-class of Japanese society, during the time that such a social category existed, would be in the millions.
Ancient clan names. There are ancient-era clan names called Uji-na (氏名) or Honsei (本姓). Imperial Clan Mon of The Imperial House. The Imperial clan – descended from Amaterasu. Its emperors and clan members have no clan name but had been called "the imperial house" (皇室) if necessary. Four noble clans
Purple: Date Masamune Japan in 1592 (Japanese invasions of Korea) Red: Toyotomi Hideyoshi Japan in 1600 (Battle of Sekigahara) Red: Western Army (Ishida Mitsunari, Mōri Terumoto) Cyan: Eastern Army (Tokugawa Ieyasu) Gray: Neutral Japan in 1614 (Siege of Osaka) Cyan: Tokugawa shogunate Red: Toyotomi Hideyori
Her name means "Shines from Heaven" or "the great kami who shine Heaven". For many reasons, one among them being her ties to the Imperial family, she is often considered (though not officially) to be the "primary god" of Shinto. Ame-no-Uzume (天宇受売命 or 天鈿女命) Commonly called Uzume, she is the goddess of dawn and revelry in Shinto.
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Terminology. In Japanese, historical warriors are usually referred to as bushi (武士, ), meaning 'warrior', or buke (武家), meaning 'military family'.According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning 'to wait upon', 'accompany persons' in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau.
"Warrior Monk" – James Mattis, retired US Marine Corps general and US Secretary of Defense "Weary" Edward Dunlop, Australian surgeon renowned for his leadership role while imprisoned by the Japanese during the Second World War; Charles W. Wilkins, U.S. submarine commander "Weegee" – William G. Brown, World War II U.S. submarine commander