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Samurai Quiz
Test your samurai knowledge with 50 questions about bushido, feudal Japan, famous warriors, and the age of the shogun.
Test your samurai knowledge with 50 questions about bushido, feudal Japan, famous warriors, and the age of the shogun.
The Samurai Quiz is a free online quiz that tests your knowledge of Japan's legendary warrior class with 50 questions about bushido, feudal history, famous samurai, weapons, and the shogunate system. Miyamoto Musashi won 61 consecutive duels — many to the death — and still died naturally at age 62.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll explore the origins of the samurai class, the code of bushido, legendary warriors like Musashi and Oda Nobunaga, traditional weapons and armor, the feudal hierarchy from emperor to merchant, key periods from the Kamakura shogunate to the Meiji Restoration, and the samurai's lasting impact on modern culture.
Yes. Samurai were a very real warrior class in feudal Japan, emerging around the 10th-12th century and serving as the military nobility for roughly 700 years. They were abolished during the Meiji Restoration in the 1870s.
Bushido, meaning "the way of the warrior," is the code of conduct that governed samurai behavior. It emphasized loyalty, discipline, honor, martial arts mastery, and death before dishonor. It was formally codified during the Edo period (1603-1868).
The samurai class was dissolved during the Meiji Restoration beginning in 1868. The sword ban of 1876 prohibited samurai from carrying swords in public, and the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877 — led by Saigo Takamori, the "Last Samurai" — was the final armed resistance by the samurai class.
Last updated: March 2026