Even the samurai's understanding of art and poetry can be traced to stories of the Gempei War. The samurai maintained their elite status into the mid-1800s, when Western influences began to take hold.

It’s almost worth buying a new Mac to enjoy Shadow’s state-of-the-art graphics ... during a civil war in 1579 as the warlord Oda Nobunaga attempts to conquer and forcibly unite the country ...