This is demonstrated in Article six that samurais used weapons such as spears, guns and bows and arrows. Nevertheless, the sword was their main weapon and the symbol was the sword. Their main job was to protect the Japanese imperial capital in Kyoto. Samurais served their warlords through peace and through war; they were appointed with the military government in the Kamakura period (1185-1333). The samurai had to dedicate their time to the art of combat to prepare for the battle. The warlord Daimyo would give a mission to a samurai to kill someone either a criminal, an armed thug or a terrified thief; there was no mercy, this was Daimyos will. This evidence demonstrates that being a samurai had the hardest and most responsible job of them all, protecting the Japanese imperial capital in Kyoto. The Samurais of Japan had to dedicate their time and effort to the art of combat and this meant they had the most difficult job of all