Discover feudal Japan's strict social hierarchy, from samurai warriors to merchants. Learn how power, honor, and duty shaped society from the 12th to …
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How was feudal Japanese society structured?
Feudal Japanese society, which existed from the 12th to the mid-19th century, was based upon a rigid class system that determined each person's role. Similar to other elements of Japan at the time, the social structure was adopted from Chinese society, and had the same number of broad classes of people: four...
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Information about the history of the ancient and pre-Meiji Japanese emperors, shoguns, samurai and common people of the Japan archipelago.
