Question

What was the role of samurai in feudal Japan?(1 point)
Responses

Samurai were warriors who protected Japan without the use of weapons.
Samurai were warriors who protected Japan without the use of weapons.

Samurai served the landholding daimyō, and they hoped to prove their loyalty through military service and other roles.
Samurai served the landholding daimyō, and they hoped to prove their loyalty through military service and other roles.

Samurai interest in battles made feudal Japan go to war more often by the 1630s.
Samurai interest in battles made feudal Japan go to war more often by the 1630s.

Samurai owned most of the land in Japan, which gave them political power.

Answer 1

Samurai served the landholding daimyō, and they hoped to prove their loyalty through military service and other roles.

(They were the warrior retainers of feudal lords, not chiefly landowners and they used weapons.)