Borunda_Tokugawa_project

The [|samurai] class was the highest social rank in the Tokugawa class period. During the era of the civil wars which happened during the [|Tokugawa period] the samurai served the [|daimyo] as warriors. In the Tokugawa period the government required the samurai to move off the land and into the castle towns. In the castle towns the samurai's served the daimyo as [|bureaucrats] and [|attendants]. Since the samurai moved into the castle towns Japan went under a rapid urbanization. Because of the rapid urbanization, during the Tokugawa period the samurai's went from a very high status in social classes to a very poor and low status in the social classes. During the daimyo procession's the samurai would go with the daimyo's as bureaucrats and attendants. While they traveled there long distances they had to stop and rest at sometime, so this image is showing the samurai's and daimyo's resting at an area like this.
 * __The Downfall Of The Samurai's__**

The daimyo procession crossing the [|Nihon Bridge] with the samurai traveling behind them. Since the samurai served the daimyo as bureaucrats and attendants there social class status got lower and more poor.



Another daimyo procession, you can tell because of the flags carried by the people in the front. The samurai would carry two swords for battle, protection and they were symbols of his authority.  The actor dressed as a samurai shows how much the samurai's meant in the society. Also how everyone wanted to be a samurai at the moment to be at the top of the class until the downfall started to happen.

Samurai's didn't only have to serve the daimyo's, they also had to serve the land too. So this image shows a samurai walking around the land.

Samurai's in battle showed there high rank in there social class. When samurai's would battle each other is what led to the downfall of the samurai's.