The early Japanese state was a period marked by political, social and economic changes. These changes were primarily concentrated on developing Japan's military, a factor which gave rise to the Samurai. Overall, various independent Japanese clans culminated with the Yamato clan thus creating a dominant state that included the Kyushu clan to the north and Honshu clan to the south. Consequently, the Yamato took it upon themselves to consolidate the early Japanese society culturally although each of the clans remained independent administratively. This political and social structure as promoted by the Yamato depicted a culturally unified people with independently distributed tribes who measured their powers over those of lower classes (Farris, 1996) . The Yamato who were the rulers of early Japan regularly invaded the Korean peninsula from where they established a land-hold as a base for their raids and facilitated the flow of technology and culture. However, the Yamato (Japanese) clan was expelled from the Korean peninsula as result of wars with the Korean Silla tribe.
After having the first-hand experience of losing to the Chinese and having a realization that the Silla could easily invade Japan for allying with the Korean Paekche tribe; Yamato withdrew from the peninsula to defend itself (Farris, 1996) . With the death of the Japanese (Yamato) Great Lord, the first Heavenly warrior (Temmu) took control of the Japanese State and established laws to increase the military strength of the Japan nation. After witnessing the battle tactics that the Tang Dynasty of China brought to the Yamato-Paekche battle with Silla tribe of Korea, Temmu pushed for the establishment of a conscript peasant army whose weapons were kept in the Yamato government’s possession (Farris, 1996) . All Ja panese clan warriors were thus made to serve as border guards for three years. Horsemen were thoroughly trained continuously while peasants were trained for ten days in every a hundred days. Each was taught to swing swords and stab with spears, fire crossbows, and capsulate stones. As Temmu states, "military matters are the essential matters in a government." (Farris, 1996) .
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References
Farris, W. W. (1996). Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan's Military 500-1300. Havard Univesity Asia Center.
