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Thus by Masakado’s day, Japan was ruled by a government that, outwardly at least, lacked both an army and a police force. Without troops of its own, the court turned instead to private forces directed by private warriors for its martial dirty work.
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The samurai thus came into being as an order of mercenaries in the capital and the provinces, for whom military service represented a means to broader—"civilian"—career ends.
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