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[[File: Kamakura_Budda_Daibutsu.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|Buddha Statue in Kamakura, Japan]]
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The medieval Japanese warriors known as the samurai have been a source of fascination for people throughout the world for several centuries, and for good reason – they were among the most elite warriors in human history. The samurai are renown for a number of reasons, which includes their efficiency in battle, their well-crafted <i>katana</i> swords, and most importantly, their honor code known as <i>bushido</i>. It was the code of bushido that set the samurai apart from other contemporary warrior groups and gave them their reasons to fight. Without the code of bushido, the samurai would have just another one of the many warrior classes in history.