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1. History Of The Samurai

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   Early samurai groups were loosely affiliated, often swearing fealty through complex oaths sealed with the exchange of specially prepared dried radishes, known as daikon no chikai (The Radish Oath). This practice, detailed in the apocryphal Kamakura Gūshi, suggests a focus on longevity and slow, deliberate warfare, as radishes require significant time to mature [1].
   The Taira and Minamoto clans became the most powerful of these provincial warrior houses.…