Najera_Tokugawa_project

The population in Tokugawa was devided into four different types of classes in society.They were divided because the population was increasing.The samurai were on the top accouting 5% of population, the peasants were 80% of the population on the second level.Craftsmen were below the peasants and on the four level were the merchats.The peasants were the only ones that lived in the rural areas.While the merchants,samurai and craftsmen lived in the cities that were build around the daimyo's castles but each land of theirs were restricted >FARMERS> This picture show us two farmers working hard with tools on there hands digging in the sand.This farmers need to work very hard every day because the tokugawa shogunate needed to collect high land taxes and farmers paid this by rice.They couldn't drink no tea because of the restrictions they had on farmers.

 During the Edo period the shoguns were the main military leader.They were awarded by the emperor.  >In this picture you could see alot of merchants working hard.There is also alot of traffic and crowded with people. GEISHA> During the edo period geisha woman were called like this because they were entetainers for specialized restaurants.They work by singing,dancing,conversation and companionship.They didnt provide sexual services in their clients. artisian> they provide their services to the castles for the daimyo.And also they did landscapes and celebrated life in the entertainment centers.In the edo period the artisians had an early school of art. REFERENCES []