Assertion: samurai | /r/CapableOf | lose their military function
Facets:
value: gradually
type: MANNER
value: during the tokugawa era
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: With no warfare since the early 17th century, samurai gradually lost their military function during the Tokugawa era (also called the Edo period).
text: During the long peace of the Edo Period (1603 – 1868), samurai gradually lost their military function and expanded their roles courtiers, bureaucrats and administrators.