Stirling_Tokugawa_Project

=__Rise Of The Merchants__= On this page there will be descreiptions with images about the Rise of The Merchants. They were pretty low on the ladder of social classes, but they became just about the richest people around during the Tokugawa period. Even though they were pretty close to the bottom of the social ladder, they sort of controlled the economy. The samurai were at the top, but since they werent allowed to farm or trade they became poor.