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 ...

After 250 years of rule by samurai warrior nobility, the Tokugawa Shogunate, the arrival of a US naval expedition heralds an era of change.Japan is slowly opening up to the Western world, but the ...