Samurai warriors derived their status and salaries from the daimyo lords they served. When a daimyo died, these warriors became "ronin," masterless samurai. After Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun in ...
The action role-playing game "Rise of the Ronin" takes players to Japan in the year 1853. After 250 years of rule by samurai warrior nobility, the Tokugawa Shogunate, the arrival of a US naval ...