Rule Of Japanese Feudalism

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Over thousands of years of the evolution of japan, there was one culture that stood out, it was the japanese feudalism , It was a time of samurai. It was a time of false rulings, militarism, and overall pride. They rules from the 12th century to the 19th century. What sets them unique was that they let the emperor stay in rule, but they actually controlled the land like a puppet. The way that the japanese feudalism worked was the emperor “ruled” the land and the shogun actually commanded him. Shogun where the rulers of the land of the samurai, like a commander-in-chief in the japanese feudal system. Ruled by the shogun, were the Daimyo, who were their vassals for control. They were the third in power for the japanese feudalism. The samurai

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