Life In 12th Century Japan

The Japanese, life during the 12th century was like feudalism. The way of life was like chosen by the power rulers (Kings, governors), what they can do, and what they can’t. Life in Tokugawa was very peaceful but it was heavily controlled by the shogunate government. The people who had money, meaning the wealthy family’s was always looking for the land and have more, they tell people to search for them like land and etc. The taxes were very high, by the end of 12th century, there was new rural who took over the local power, this was because of low tax paying.
As soon the new rural took over their, they become one of the powerful force in military. By this they gets the upper hand with their work, and overshadowed imperial which end the feudalism. the code which they used was the “Bushido”, The code of ethics thought seriously about the samurai …show more content…
They created the 3 class, structure, merchants, and artisans. They didn’t want to change the power for them, and created the structure class, this way they divide the powers. There was many farmers and most of the poor people’s were under their power, mostly they produced rice. Under, structure, there was merchants, artisans, and the merchants, and artisans was wealthy during the Shogunate time. The values of families and states were very peaceful and strong, this shows the impact for 19th century and who they be united. “Tokugawa Ieyasu’s dynasty of shoguns presided over 250 years of peace and prosperity in Japan, including the rise of a new merchant class and increasing urbanization. To guard against external influence, they also worked to close off Japanese society from Westernizing influences, particularly Christianity. But when the Tokugawa shogunate growing increasingly weak by the mid-19th century, two powerful clans joined forces in early 1868 to seize power as part of an “imperial restoration” named for Emperor