Similarities Between The Shogun And The Japanese Feudal System
The strucure of the japanese fuedal system and its structure is based off of a heiracy system, the Emporer being at the top, then the shogun, then the samurais, below them are the peasents and finaly the merchants. The Emperor was at the top of the Japanese feudal system and was the person that all of the people looked up to as the supreme ruler. However, the Emperor was a figurehead and held little political power compared to the Shogun who was probably the most important person in Japanese society. Although the Shogun was below the Emperor in the feudal system, but he was the one who put in the most work and effort. The Shogun was the military leader and was in charge of making the decisions for the armies, battles, etc. The Daimyos served the Shoguns and were the next class in the Japanese feudal system. The Daimyos were powerful figures who
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To compare the ranks they are very similar I.E the merchants in feudal japan were similar to those of the European one (Serfs/Peseants). Feudal Japanese and European societies were built on a system of hereditary classes. The nobles were at the top, followed by the warriors, with tenant farmers or serfs below them, there was very little social mobility. Between the classes.
Economic benefits were exchanged between the different peoples through multiple ways, the peasants made tools, weapons and food for the samurais and the daimyos and the shoguns, in producing these things for the other groups of people they were repaid in protection by the samurais and the daimyos provided land for the peasants to farm on and grow crops to provide for their fellow in which made the lives of everyone in the Japanese systems better, and this was set in place so that there was a service that went from one person to another to make the Japanese feudal system
To compare the ranks they are very similar I.E the merchants in feudal japan were similar to those of the European one (Serfs/Peseants). Feudal Japanese and European societies were built on a system of hereditary classes. The nobles were at the top, followed by the warriors, with tenant farmers or serfs below them, there was very little social mobility. Between the classes.
Economic benefits were exchanged between the different peoples through multiple ways, the peasants made tools, weapons and food for the samurais and the daimyos and the shoguns, in producing these things for the other groups of people they were repaid in protection by the samurais and the daimyos provided land for the peasants to farm on and grow crops to provide for their fellow in which made the lives of everyone in the Japanese systems better, and this was set in place so that there was a service that went from one person to another to make the Japanese feudal system