History essay
The Tokogawa period, also called the Edo period, was the last Japanese feudal military government which lasted between 1603 and 1868. The feudal system was designed to separate different groups of people and each group having a purpose in the system. The Tokogawa Shogunate was responsible for controlling the samurai class and collecting taxes, defending and controlling the cities. Samurais who were professional warriors, were the leaders in this period, but all of them were controlled by shoguns from the Tokogawa clan. Shoguns were essentially military dictators who were the controllers of the Tokogawa Shogunate. The peasants were farmers and fishermen. They produced food for the higher classes. Ronin’s were samurai warriors with no lord or master during the edo period which meant that his master had died or lost favour in him. Each of these four groups played an important role in the feudal system enforced during the Tokogawa period.
Sources suggest that the samurais were the warriors of feudal japan, but all of them were controlled by shoguns from the Tokogawa period. The samurais were servants of the daimyos. They dominated the Japanese government until the Meji restoration in 1868 which led to the end of the feudal system. The government relied on these warriors for …show more content…
Farmers who owned land were ranked higher than farmers who did not. Crafts men and artisans were the second highest rank. They made the weapons for the feudal warriors in japan. merchants were the lowest ranked class in japan as they made their living off of other people's work. However, during the Tokogawa period the presents started to make more money selling things to wealthier classes. But as the samurai’s leaders started to lose power and samurais were forced to become ronins which meant that they had to work as a teacher or a body guard which made them poor making the peasants
The Tokogawa period, also called the Edo period, was the last Japanese feudal military government which lasted between 1603 and 1868. The feudal system was designed to separate different groups of people and each group having a purpose in the system. The Tokogawa Shogunate was responsible for controlling the samurai class and collecting taxes, defending and controlling the cities. Samurais who were professional warriors, were the leaders in this period, but all of them were controlled by shoguns from the Tokogawa clan. Shoguns were essentially military dictators who were the controllers of the Tokogawa Shogunate. The peasants were farmers and fishermen. They produced food for the higher classes. Ronin’s were samurai warriors with no lord or master during the edo period which meant that his master had died or lost favour in him. Each of these four groups played an important role in the feudal system enforced during the Tokogawa period.
Sources suggest that the samurais were the warriors of feudal japan, but all of them were controlled by shoguns from the Tokogawa period. The samurais were servants of the daimyos. They dominated the Japanese government until the Meji restoration in 1868 which led to the end of the feudal system. The government relied on these warriors for …show more content…
Farmers who owned land were ranked higher than farmers who did not. Crafts men and artisans were the second highest rank. They made the weapons for the feudal warriors in japan. merchants were the lowest ranked class in japan as they made their living off of other people's work. However, during the Tokogawa period the presents started to make more money selling things to wealthier classes. But as the samurai’s leaders started to lose power and samurais were forced to become ronins which meant that they had to work as a teacher or a body guard which made them poor making the peasants