Bushi
Bushi ( Japanese 武士 , also read as Mononofu ), also Tsuwamono ( 兵 ), is the Japanese name for a member of the warrior class as it developed at the end of the Heian period .
Initially, the Bushi were used as administrators in peripheral provinces to be secured militarily, but over time their influence increased and they became the second power next to the officials of the imperial court (see Tennō ). With the establishment of the Shogunate in the Kamakura period , the Bushi became the most powerful group in the country, even if the Kuge nominally had a higher status at the imperial court. The Samurai class developed from the Bushi . Both terms were and are used in parallel to this day. The corresponding noble Bushi families are called Buke .