Samurai (person)

The development of the samurai in 9th century japan occured when the centralized aristocratic government lost power to the local landowners who employed their own armed forces. The heads of these armed forces were called "Bushi" or "Samurai". And usually were decended from the ujis. The Samurai gave their society moral values and acted as sentinels of peace. These warriors followed their own ethical code of behavior known as bushido.