Japan the land of the Rising Sun. Chartered by its modern amazements and its adherence to tradition. When thinking of traditional Japan the image of feudal times filled with people in kimono, samurai worriers, and Shinobi hiding in plain sight. Sadly, if you were to go up to most westerners and ask what the difference was between Samurai and Shinobi most would either answer you that they are one in the same or ask you what a Shinobi is considering that they are more widely known in the west as Ninjas. It is true that both warriors at the time of feudal Japan, (1186 CA-1603 CA). While there are seminaries between samurai and shinobi their code of ethics, place in the hierarchy of feudal Japan, traditions, and weapons used could not be more different.
The first deference between Shinobi and Samurai was their codes of honor. Samurai lived by an unwritten code
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Shinobi were men from the lower classes sold off at a young age to become mercenaries, spies or assassins. Learning the art of stealth, combat, assignation and blending into the shadows all in the name of making a living. While samurai were noblemen who were born into families that had money and most likely a place in the emperies court. Like Shinobi, they would start their training at a young age but their training was not limited to combat. Another sign of the disconnect to the samurai’s class over that of the shinobi would be their dress. Shinobi would be normally found in tighter clothes when working as it would minimize the sound they would make when moving. When not working most would wear kimono. While Samurai would normally wear armor into battle. This armor would be secured with silk ties. The look of the armor was like plate armor. When training samurai would wear robes known as gies and would normally wear kimono in their day to day lives as well. This is one of the few similarities between shinobi and