Bryce Ｍａｒｔｉｎ ＳＬＣＣ

FEUDAL JAPAN`S SOCIAL HIERARCHY日本における封建社会の階層

BRIEF HISTORY OF JAPANJōmon - Kamakura

A prehistoric period where the Japanese people lived a hunting and

gathering lifestyle.

Name originated from ancient Japanese pottery decorated with

jōmon cord-marking.

JŌMON PERIOD10,000 B.C~300 B.C.

First period of agriculture and use of metals.

Once again, the name originated from more ancient pottery found near

Tokyo in 1884

YAYOI PERIOD300 B.C. ~ 300 A.D.

Period where large tombs were constructed for the

deceased ruling elite.

Diplomatic relationships were believed to established

with Korea and China

During the Kofun period

Marked the year which Empress Suiko was crowned

around 593

Asuka period is considered to be the transitional

beginning into the historic age of Japan

KOFUN PERIOD300 ~ 710

ASUKA PERIOD593 ~ 710

KOFUN ASUKA PERIODS

The Nara period was defined when the government was located in

present day Nara

Ended when the capital was moved again from present day Nara

NARA PERIOD710 ~794

Period when Emperor Kammu established present day Kyōto as the

capital of Japan

When Minamoto No Yoritomo`s forces destroyed the Taira family, the

establishment of the Kamakura shōgunate began

HEIAN PERIOD794 ~ 1185

Period marked by the rule of the Kamakura shōgunate

This period also marked the beginning of the Japanese feudal class system

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KAMAKURA PERIOD1185 -1333

CLASSESHighest ~ Lowest

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HIERARCHY PYRAMID

• Political and symbolic leader of Japan• Appointed the strongest daimyō to

become a shōgun• Had little actual power

天皇EMPEROR

• Ｍｉｌｉｔａｒｙ `General` required to protect the emperor

• His home was called bakufu, then became the name of his administration also

• Owned large portions of land gained through war

• Typically only one shōgun ruled at a time• Shōgunate roughly means military

dictatorship

征夷大将軍SHŌGUN　

• `Land Lords` who controlled territories of Japan

• Hired Samurai to protect their land and fight for their cause

• Daimyōs would fight one another to acquire more land

• Daimyōs who killed a shōgun were very likely to be appointed to become the next

大名DAIMYŌ

• Worked under daimyōs as soldiers

• Hired to protect the land• Paid with either labor or

food• Followed the `warrior

code` bushidō• Women gain a higher

status by marrying a Samurai

• Assassins hired by upper class

• Very Uncommon• Ways of war was opposite

of the Samurai, being unorganized and covert

• By the Meiji restoration, the image of Ninjas had become mystical and legendary

Samurai 侍Bushi 武士

Ninja 　忍者Shinobi 　忍び

WARRIORS

• Farmers 農民（のうみん）• Land owners higher than non-land owners.

• Made up about 88% of the population

• Craftsman 職人（しょくにん )• Merchants 商人（しょうにん）• ｀ Abundant Defilement ｀ 穢多非人（えたひに

ん）• Butchers, executioners, leather workers (jobs involving death)

• Lived in outcast towns called buraku 部落• Suffered from severe discrimination, still an issue today

LOWER CLASS

On November 9, 1867, Tokugawa Yoshinobu the 15th Tokugawa Shōgun, resigned

officially ending the rule of the shōgunate

Meiji restoration abolished this class system, putting an end to Japan`s Feudal

class system

Thanks to: Wikipedia, Taka, Yoshi, Kaoru, Tomo, and Ebira Sensei

明治維新MEIJI RESTORATION