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2nd sentence of the "Kamagura shogunate"-section: change Heiji Incident link to Heiji rebellion

3rd sentence of same section: move comma to be after 'that', edit Taira Kiyomori to Taira no Kiyomori, and link Taira no Kiyomori's page: "After that, Taira no Kiyomori practically controlled the court." Chyrion (talk) 10:55, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Day Creature (talk) 15:59, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Under "invasion of Korea": Change "In spite of the superiority of Japanese land forces," to "All reaching strategic stalemates on land," Change "The causes of the failure included Korean naval superiority (which, led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, harassed Japanese supply lines continuously throughout the wars, resulting in supply shortages on land), the commitment of sizable Ming forces to Korea," to "The causes of the failure included the Korean-Chinese allied forces' naval superiority (which, led by Admiral Chen Lin and Yi Sun-sin, harassed Japanese supply lines continuously throughout the wars, resulting in supply shortages on land), the commitment of sizable Chinese forces armed with advanced artillery and professional cavalry to Korea,"

Change "During the second campaign in 1597, Korean and Ming forces proved far more resilient and with the support of continued Korean naval superiority, managed to limit Japanese gains to parts of southeastern Korea." to "During the second campaign in 1597, Korean and Chinese forces proved far more resilient and with the support of continued naval superiority of the allied fleets, managed to limit Japanese gains to parts of southeastern Korea." AnthonyRampart (talk) 05:46, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Szmenderowiecki (talk) 15:50, 21 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the last paragraph of the introduction where the abolishment of the samurai during the Meiji Restoration is discussed, there is the statement "The samurai specialized in pre-gunpowder weapons that took years to master" when expanding on how modern firearms require less training and therefore commoners are able to be enlisted to use them when needed. This last point is clearly valid, but changing the wording of the quoted portion to exclude "pre-gunpowder" as samurai during the Sengoku and Edo periods specialized in multiple types of gunpowder weaponry - matchlocks, cannons, etc as primary weapons. Training and mastery of these weapons was required, and did not enjoy the ease of use that modern firearms do.

Therefore the proposed change is: "The samurai specialized in pre-gunpowder weapons that took years to master" to "The samurai specialized in weapons that took years to master". This small change early on in the page would help lessen further propagation of the incorrect understanding that samurai didn't use gunpowder weaponry as primary weaponry before the Bakumatsu period. 2001:1970:482B:4100:A3B6:A06F:3347:1FFC (talk) 01:37, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The samurai did use gunpowder weapons but so could peasants. When rifles came along, the traditionsl weapons became obsolete, which meant that the army could make do with peasant soldiers. Kurzon (talk) 04:56, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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In the samurai ranks section, hizamurai (Ordinary Samurai) should be changed to jizamurai (Samurai of the land) Keverclin159 (talk) 22:19, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you provide a reliable source that asserts this information? Element10101 AIW WPI TOLT ~ C 19:40, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]  Not done: Closing this edit request as no reliable source has been provided. Day Creature (talk) 16:47, 26 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How did an ad for a 2026 BM exhibition sneak into this? It certainly isn't just information about an exhibition (and why would the Samurai wikipedia article put so much ephasis on one exhibition in the BM, when there are hundreds elsewere...) it reads like an add, especially with the claims it makes as to what it will reveal... ~2025-42073-72 (talk) 16:59, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The cited article is marketing for the museum. This is definitely a manager for the museum or ad. It isn’t related to pop culture and is the equivalent to putting “Dinosaurs are in this 1 museum this year” in the dino wiki. ~2026-75827-7 (talk) 18:41, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]